Teachers’ perception towards importance and acceptability of computer science education in secondary school curriculum in Ijero Local Government, Ekiti-State, Nigeria.

Abstract

This study was essentially carried out to generate opinions and perceptions of teachers in rural settlements of Ijero local government area of Ekiti State Nigeria towards importance of Computer Science Education in Secondary School curriculum. This study adopted the descriptive survey method using self- structured questionnaire to collect data from teachers randomly selected in Seven Secondary Schools owned by Government, Private and Christian mission in Ijero Local Government area of Ekiti State. The population of the study include all secondary school teachers in Ijero-local government area of Ekiti State, Nigeria. A sample population of 140 teachers was used for the study. The research instrument used was a questionnaire entitled “Teachers’ perception towards importance of Computer Science education in secondary schools curriculum in Ijero local government, Ekiti -State”. A descriptive statistics of frequency count and percentage was used to generate opinions and level of acceptability of teachers in the study area towards teaching computer science education in secondary schools. Findings revealed that higher percentages of the teachers agreed that computer science education should be introduced in secondary school they are of the opinion that it will improve the level of proficiency and adaptability of both students and teachers to computer knowledge and information technology especially in the rural settlements where facilities are observed to be inadequate.