PRINCIPALS UTILIZATION OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY AND ADMINISTRATIVE EFFECTIVENESS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN OBUDU LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF CROSS RIVER STATE.

Abstract

This study sought to examine utilization of ICT and administrative effectiveness secondary schools principals’ in Obudu Local Government Area of Cross River State, Nigeria. This study was guided by four research questions and four hypotheses. The ex-post facto research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study consists of all the principals and vice in the 32 existing public secondary schools in the study area. All the sixty four (64) principals and vice from the 32 existing secondary schools in Obudu Local Government Area were used in the study. A self-constructed 20 item questionnaire tilted Information and Communication Technology and Administrative Effectiveness Questionnaire (ICTAEQ) was used for data collection. Mean scores and standard deviations were used to answer the research questions while Pearson Correlation analysis was used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 levels of significance. The results revealed that there is a significant relationship between access to ICT, use of ICT in keeping records and school communication and administrative effectiveness in secondary schools in Obudu Local Government Area of Cross River State.  The study recommended among others that fund should be made provided to all secondary school administrators’/principals by the state government to procure and install ICT infrastructure in their various schools to enhance effective administration in secondary school for goal attainment.