Abstract

As globalization advances educational systems have to respond to other profound changes, such as the knowledge explosion, and the increasingly rapid development of information and communication technology (ICT). This study investigated the perceptionofteacherstotheapplicationandproblemsfacingtheuseofICTin lifelongeducation.Theresearchdesignusedforthisstudywasdescriptivesurvey. ThepopulationforthisresearchworkwasteachersinAfijioLocalGovernmentArea ofOyostate.Thestudyconsistsoffifty(50) teachers who were randomly selected from five (5) secondary schools in the Local Government under study. The instrumentusedforthisresearchisadaptedStructuredQuestionnairetagged QuestionnairesonTeachersPerceptionandProblemsofICTinLifelongEducation (QTPPTILE) with the reliability coefficient of 0.75.Descriptive statistic was used in the analysis of the findings.Thefindingsrevealedthatteachersinschoolshave positiveandrightperceptionofICTapplicationinteachinglifelongeducationand findingsalsoshowedthatproblemofinadequatefacilityofICT,epilepticpower supplyofelectricity,amongotherswereaffectingtheeffectiveapplicationofICTin school.It was recommended among others that there should be adequate awarenesscampaignstatingfromcollegesofeducationleveltotheentirepopulace ontheimportanceofvarietyoftechnologiesthatcanenhancelifelongeducation.

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