E-Readiness of Technical Teachers to Use ICT Facilities in Nasarawa State Technical Colleges.

Abstract

The study was designed to determining the e-readiness of technical teachers to use ICT facilities in Nasarawa State technical colleges. Two specific purposes and two corresponding research questions guided the study. This study adopted a descriptive survey research design. The population for the study comprised 70 members of staff from Ministry of Education, Nasarawa State in Nigeria. Based on the fact that the population for the study is relatively small, there was no sampling. This study adopted the Readiness Assessment Tool (RAT), developed and validated by Doculan in 2016 as instrument for data collection. The collected data was analyzed using mean and standard deviation. A mean score of 2.50 constitute a benchmark for acceptance of an item as affirmative opinion of respondents and interpreted as High Extent or Very High Extent depending on the value. This implies that items with mean scores of 2.49 and below were considered as negative responses of the respondents and interpreted as Low Extent or Very Low Extent depending on the value. It was found that there is low extent of institutional readiness to use ICT materials, tools and equipment in Nasarawa State Technical Colleges. It was also discovered that there is high extent of Teachers’ access to ICT materials, tools and equipment in Nasarawa State Technical Colleges. Based on the findings, it recommended that the government of Nasarawa State should do more to encourage the institutions (Technical Colleges) to get properly ready to embrace ICT tools and utilize ICT materials, tools and equipment in line with the present ICT-driven world of today. The government of Nasarawa State should always ensure that all the basic ICT facilities are provided so that the teachers will always access them for their teaching.