Emerging Technologies required for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Secondary School Administration in Enugu State

Abstract

The study examined the emerging technologies required for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in secondary school administration in Enugu State. This study was guided by two research questions and two hypotheses. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design. The population for the study was 8880 which comprised 295 principals and 8585 teachers. A proportionate sampling technique was used to draw a sample size of 888. The instrument for data collection was an 18-item structured questionnaire titled “Emerging Technologies Required for SDGs Questionnaire (ETRSDGsQ)”. The instrument was validated by three research experts, two in Department of Educational Management and one in Measurement and Evaluation unit of Department of Mathematics and Computer Education, all from Faculty of Education, Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT), Enugu. To ascertain the internal consistency of the instrument, Cronbach Alpha method was used to compute the internal consistency of the instrument. The computation yielded 0.81 and 0.79 for sections 1 and 2 respectively. The instrument had an overall reliability index of 0.80 which indicate that the instrument is reliable. The research questions were answered using mean and standard deviation while the hypotheses were tested with t-test statistic. The findings of the study revealed that educational technology and Information and Communication Technology tools are some of the emerging technologies required for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in secondary school administration. Based on the findings, the study recommends that Enugu State government should provide comprehensive training to teachers, administrators, and other stakeholders on the effective use of the agreed-upon educational technology tools. This will ensure that they are proficient in utilizing the tools to address SDGs-related topics within the curriculum.