Abstract:
This work focused on effective utilization of ict in management of public secondary schools in enugu education zone. The main purpose of this study was to find out the importance of ict in managing schools, a descriptive survey design was adopted to guide the study. Four research questions were formulated to guide the study and three null hypotheses which were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The population of the study comprised 1903 respondents which comprises 48 principal and 1415 teachers’. Therefore, 320 were used as a sample size using simple sampling technique. The instrument for data collection was questionnaire. Based on this, the instrument was subjected to face validation with three experts in faculty of education, two in education administration and planning and one in measurement and evaluation all from the university of nigeria, nsukka. 20 copies of the instruments were trial tested with result showing, cluster a: 0.64, cluster b: 0.67, cluster c: 0.65, cluster d: 0.67, cluster e: 0.67. The overall result is 0.80 showing that the result is reliable. Data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation to answer research questions and the null hypotheses were tested using t-test at 0.05 level of significance. Findings show that ict gadgets tape recorder, computers, projections among others help in administrative documentation. It is also the opinion of the respondents that ict devices need to be available in schools to enhance information dissemination. It is also posited that ict gadgets help teachers in their pedagogical skills by enhancing lesson presentation. Students can be given assignment base on ict devices to help know more about it. It is recommended among others things that ict facilities should be provided in schools by government to enable both staff and students make use of them when the need arises. Also, school administrators should be allowed to attend administrative conferences to update their knowledge especially on ict facilities.
