AVAILABILITY AND UTILIZATION OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES FOR INSTRUCTIONAL DELIVERY IN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN KANO STATE

ABDU, Danyaro & ATTAH, J. Ojoma

Abstract

The study focused on the availability and utilization of information and communication technology (ICT) facilities for instructional delivery in colleges of education. The study adopted a descriptive research survey design. Population for the study comprised all lecturers of colleges of education in Kano State. The target population for the study comprised all the lecturers in the three Colleges of Education in Kano State totalling 1,194. Random sampling techniques were used to select a total of 286 out of the 940 lecturers from the two colleges of education. Two research questions guided the study. The instrument for the study was researchers designed a questionnaire titled “Availability and Lecturers Utilization of Information and Communication Technology (ALUICT)”. Three lecturers from the Departments of Educational Technology and Computer Science, University of Ilorin validated the instrument and its reliability was determined using Cronbach Alpha which yielded 0.79The Questionnaire comprised two sections: Section A contained available ICT facilities rating scale of Available and Functioning (AF) - 3, Available and Not Functioning (ANF) - 2 Not Available (NA) - 1, while Section B was on Utilization of ICT resources with rating scale of Frequently Utilized (FU) - 3, Seldomly Utilized (SU) - 2 and Not Utilized (NU) – 1. A total of 286 questionnaires were administered by the researchers and one research assistant. A total of 280 were retrieved, out of which 269 were found usable. The data collected were analyzed using frequency counts, percentage and mean score of 2.0 to answer the research questions. The findings revealed that the two colleges of education have almost all of the ICT facilities required by National Commission of Colleges of Education (NCCE) in Nigeria and that lecturers’ do not frequency utilize ICT facilities for instruction. The study, therefore, recommended that lecturers should endeavour to utilize available ICT facilities for instruction.