Investigation of the Extent of ICT Integration in the Teaching and Learning Process in Nasarawa State

Abstract

A quantitative study using survey method to investigate the extent of ICT integration in the teaching and learning process in Nasarawa state. The total population comprised 71,471 Senior Secondary School (SSS) students and, 4, 56 SSS teachers from both private and public secondary schools in the State. The stratified random sampling was used to obtain a strata from the population while the simple random sampling technique was used to obtain a sample of 377 teachers and 397 students. The Taro Yamane’s formula was used to determine the sample size. The instrument for data collection were two sets of researchers’ made questionnaires and observation schedule which were thoroughly validated by experts in Test, Measurement and Evaluation, and ICT respectively. The test-retest approach was used to determine the reliability of the instruments. The validity of the instrument was determined using the Pearson product Moment Correlation Coefficient and, the values obtained were 0.91 (for teacher questionnaire) and 0.95 (for students’ questionnaire). The descriptive statistics such as mean, frequency, percentage and Standard deviation were used to analyse the quantitative data using SPSS 23. The findings revealed that, the extent of ICT integration in the teaching and learning process by teachers and students in secondary schools in the State is very low. Moreover, the study found that, majority of the schools lack ICT facilities. Furthermore, the study revealed that, the rate of digital illiteracy among the students is very high and their perception of ICT in education is very shallow. The study recommended among others that, ICT facilities should be provided for the schools to facilitate ICT integration in the teaching and learning process. It also recommended that, secondary school teachers should be regularly trained on the use and application of ICTs in education.