Utilization of Emerging Technologies for Secondary School Administration: Imperative for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Abstract

The study ascertained the utilization of emerging technologies for secondary school administration in the realization of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Enugu state. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The study was guided by two research questions while two null-hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The population for the study comprised 295 principals (112 urban and 183 rural school principals). There was no sampling because the population was manageable. The instrument for data collection was researcher structured questionnaire titled “Utilization of Emerging Technologies for Secondary School Administration in the realization of SDGs Questionnaire (UETSSASDGsQ)”. The instrument was validated by three research experts who were from Department of Educational Management and the other from Measurement and Evaluation Unit of Department of Mathematics and Computer Education. Cronbach Alpha method was used to determine the reliability of the instrument which yielded 0.82 for cluster A and 0.78 for cluster B with an overall reliability index of 0.80. Mean ratings and standard deviation were used for answering the research questions while t-test statistic was used to test the null hypotheses. The findings of the study showed that emerging technologies are utilized to a low extent in the areas of record keeping and staff personnel administration in the realization of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Enugu state. The researcher recommended among others that, Enugu State government should make policies and furnish secondary schools with emerging technologies to aid effective and efficient record keeping system in secondary schools, which will eventually enhance effective school administration.