Impact of Information and Communication Technology Facilities on the Effective Administration of Colleges of Education in Enugu State

Abstract

The study examined the impact of information and communication technology facilities on the effective administration of Colleges of Education in Enugu State. Two research questions guided the study while two null hypotheses were tested at .05 level of significance. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population for study comprised 164 respondents which consisted of 120 male and 44 female administrators. There was no sampling because the population was manageable. The instrument for data collection was researcher developed structured questionnaire titled “Impact of Information and Communication Technology facilities on Administration of Colleges of Education Questionnaire (IICTFACoEQ)”. The instrument contained 14 items based on the two research questions. Research experts in Faculty of Education, Enugu State University of Science and Technology validated the instrument. The reliability of the instrument was determined by the use of Cronbach Alpha statistic which yielded 0.84 for cluster 1 and 0.82 for cluster 2 with an overall reliability index of 0.83 which made the instrument reliable. The researchers used mean and standard deviation to answer the research questions and t-test statistic to test the null hypotheses. The findings of the study showed that ICT facilities impact effective administration of Colleges of Education in Enugu State in terms of enhancement of teaching and learning and improved communication to a great extent. In view of the findings, the study recommended that Colleges of Education administrators should be encouraged to fully incorporate ICT facilities in order to have a smooth teaching and learning process as well as improved communication.