Impact of information and communication technology (ICT) on the effective management of universities in South-West Nigeria

Abstract

This paper examined the impact of information communication and technology (ICT) on the effective management of Universities in South-west Nigeria. As an ex-post facto and descriptive research, the study population comprised all the 11 public universities in the 6 States that make up southwest, Nigeria. These universities were 2 in Lagos State, 2 in Ogun State, 2 in Oyo State, 2 in Osun State, 2 in Ondo State and 1 in Ekiti State, Nigeria. Out of this population, a sample of 6 universities was taken and selected from 3 of the States that is 2 from Lagos State, 2 from Osun State and 2 from Ondo State. The method of selection was by multi stage, purposive and stratified random sampling technique. Out of the 12,278 members of staff (6, 851Academic and 5, 427 Non Academic), 2,140 members of staff (1, 135 Academic and 1, 005 Non Academic) were selected for the study. The method of selection was by stratified random sampling technique. The sampled academic and non-academic staffs of the universities were the respondents in the study. Two instruments were used to collect data for the study. These were an inventory and a questionnaire. The data collected were analyzed through the use of frequency counts, percentages and Pearson Product Moment Correlation. It was found that there was significant relationship between the use of information communication and technology (ICT) and the effective management of universities. It was also found that certain problems such as shortage of electricity supply and inadequate funding tend to inhibit the effective use of ICT in the universities. It was therefore recommended that government in the respective State should urgently address the problem of shortage of electricity supply to the universities and increase the funding of universities to meet up the UNESCO standard of 26% allocation from their annual budget.