Assessment of Information and Communications Technology Skills Possessed by Teachers in Technical Colleges of Kano State, Nigeria

Mujittapha Idris Wawo,Rabiu Falama Akila,Dauda Moses,Nasiru Bello Mohammed

doi:10.47631/mejress.v2i3.279

Abstract

Purpose: The main purpose of this study is to assess of information and communications technology skills possessed by technical teachers in technical colleges of Kano State, Nigeria. Approach/Methodology/Design: A descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study was 157 which consisted of 86 experienced and 71 inexperienced technical teachers of Technical Colleges in Kano State. The instrument used for data collection was a structured questionnaire titled: Assessment of Information and Communications Technology Skills Possession Question (AICTSPQ) developed by the researchers. The instrument was validated by three experts and a reliability coefficient of 0.78 was obtained using Cronbach Alpha reliability method. Mean and standard deviation was used to answer the research questions while z-test was used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Findings: The finding of the study revealed that Technical teachers are unskillful in ICT operation such as MS excel, Photoshop, database, animation, forum and Corel draw; and have a low level of ICT utilization. Practical Implications: The findings of the study have implications for concerned authorities. The Government should provide ICT infrastructure in the State’s Technical Colleges in order to have conducive environment for teaching of the trade subjects and enforce integration by regular supervision among others. Originality/value: The technical teachers were unskilful in the following; MS excel, Photoshop, database, animation, forum and Corel draw, video conferencing, instructional game, interactive whiteboard and online teaching as the utilization of ICT facilities was low among technical teachers in Technical Colleges of Kano State.

Highlights

Technical colleges are established purposely to produce craftsmen in various disciplines
The responses on the questionnaire were structured on a 5-point Rating scale of: Highly Utilized (HU)/ Highly Skillful (HS) = 5, Utilized (U)/ Skillful (S) = 4, Moderately Utilized (MU)/ Fairly Skillful (FS) = 3, Slightly Utilized (SU)/ Unskillful (U) = 2, Not Utilized (NU)/ Highly Unskillful (HU) = 1
The results indicate that all the 19 items presented received mean responses between 2.20 to 4.05 showing that, the two group of respondent agreed that technical teachers almost possessed skills on some items and do not possessed skills on other items

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Introduction

Technical colleges are established purposely to produce craftsmen in various disciplines. Technical college is an integral part of the total educational system. It contributes towards the development of good citizenship by developing the physical, social, civic, cultural and economic competencies of the individual (Saidu & Ajuji, 2017). Students are trained to acquire relevant knowledge and skills in different occupations for employment in the world of work (National Board for Technical Education [NBTE], 2007). They give full vocational training intended to prepare students for entry into various occupations. The fact that ICT has moved into the society so rapidly, the need arises for everyone to quickly acquire basic ICT skills in order to pursue ones career goals and function effectively in the society with the required skills

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