INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPETENCIES NEEDED AND POSSESSED BY ACADEMIC STAFF OF THE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN ENUGU STATE

Abstract

This study investigated the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) competencies needed and possessed by academic staff of Colleges of Education in Enugu state. Six research questions were posed and three hypotheses formulated to guide the study. The hypotheses were tested at p>0.05 level of significance. Survey research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study was made up of 363 academic staff in the 6 colleges of education in Enugu state.  A 30 item questionnaire was used as the instrument for data collection. The reliability index of 0.75 was obtained for the instrument using Cronbach Alpha. Data collected were analysed using mean for the research question while hypotheses were tested with t-test. The results of data analyses revealed among others that the academic staff had ICT competencies they need while they possessed inadequate number of such competencies. One of the recommendations that were made was for the government to organize workshops and training sessions on regular basis in order to help the academic staff to acquire relevant ICT competencies.