Authors :
Anyanwu Jude Azubuike; Amaefula Forgive Nkiru; Anyaeji Vivian Adaora
Volume/Issue :
Volume 6 - 2021, Issue 12 - December
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Abstract :
The study ascertained the level of Principals’
ICT competencies for management of information
system in public and private secondary schools Anambra
state. Two research questions and two null hypotheses
guided this study. The design for the study is descriptive
survey. The population was comprised of 682 principals
of which 257 public secondary school and 426 private
secondary school principals, corresponding to the total
number of secondary schools in the state. The sample
size consists of 417 respondents made up of 158 public
and 259 private secondary school principals selected
using proportionate stratified random technique. The
instrument for data collection was Principals’ ICT
Competency Test (PICTCT). The instrument was
validated by three experts from Educational
Management and Policy and Measurement and
Evaluation and Computer science department all in
Nnamdi Azikwe University, Awka and reliability was
established using Kuder-Richardson 21 formula which
yielded a value of 0.71. Data collected were analyzed
using frequency and converted to percentage and
criterion level of competency is 50%. Chi-square was
used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance.
The findings of this study were that, in basic computer
operations, private school principals were very
competent while principals of public school were not, in
technical competency, public school principals were not
competent while private school principals were
moderately competent. It was also found out that there
was significant difference in mean competency scores of
public and private secondary school principals in basic
computer operations and technical competencies. Based
on the findings, it was recommended that the educational
management board in the state should organize
seminars, workshops and in-service training for
principals of public and private secondary schools in
order to improve their ICT competencies for the
management of their school information system.
Keywords :
Principal, ICT Competency, management of information System (MIS), Secondary education.
The study ascertained the level of Principals’
ICT competencies for management of information
system in public and private secondary schools Anambra
state. Two research questions and two null hypotheses
guided this study. The design for the study is descriptive
survey. The population was comprised of 682 principals
of which 257 public secondary school and 426 private
secondary school principals, corresponding to the total
number of secondary schools in the state. The sample
size consists of 417 respondents made up of 158 public
and 259 private secondary school principals selected
using proportionate stratified random technique. The
instrument for data collection was Principals’ ICT
Competency Test (PICTCT). The instrument was
validated by three experts from Educational
Management and Policy and Measurement and
Evaluation and Computer science department all in
Nnamdi Azikwe University, Awka and reliability was
established using Kuder-Richardson 21 formula which
yielded a value of 0.71. Data collected were analyzed
using frequency and converted to percentage and
criterion level of competency is 50%. Chi-square was
used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance.
The findings of this study were that, in basic computer
operations, private school principals were very
competent while principals of public school were not, in
technical competency, public school principals were not
competent while private school principals were
moderately competent. It was also found out that there
was significant difference in mean competency scores of
public and private secondary school principals in basic
computer operations and technical competencies. Based
on the findings, it was recommended that the educational
management board in the state should organize
seminars, workshops and in-service training for
principals of public and private secondary schools in
order to improve their ICT competencies for the
management of their school information system.
Keywords :
Principal, ICT Competency, management of information System (MIS), Secondary education.
