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TEACHERS’ PERCEPTION TO THE APPLICATION AND PROBLEMS FACING THE USE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY IN LIFELONG EDUCATION IN OYO STATE, NIGERIA

Open Access

Journal Type:Research Article

Subject:Education

Subject Field:Education and Information Technologies

Volume:118, Issue: 1, February, 2023

Publish Date:February 4, 2023 7:00 pm

Pages:38-47

Download:511

Views:687

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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