Abstract:
This study examined the availability and usage of ICT for instructional purposes in
the Junior High Schools in the Effutu Municipality. The population for the study
included all teachers teaching in Junior High Schools in Effutu Municipality.
Descriptive survey was the design used for the study. Simple random was used in
selecting the schools that participated for the study. A sample size of thity-one
respondents was used for the study. Census was used to include all teachers in the
selected schools to form part the study. Findings showed the lack of ICT facilities in
Junior High Schools resulting in the inability of teacher to integrate ICT in the
teaching and learning process. The findings also showed that most of the teachers do
not have the required competencies to integrate ICT in the teaching and learning
process. It was therefore, recommended that government and other stakeholders of
education aid in the provision of ICT facilities in the Junior High Schools within the
Effutu Municipality to make teaching more effective. It also concludes that the
schools faced a lack of ICT facilities, internet connectivity, and other ICT facilities.
Thus, it is not easy to integrate ICT for instructional purposes. As such, teachers are
forced to use traditional teaching and learning approaches. As a result, the lack of ICT
facilities and internet access hampered the adoption of ICT in schools. The study also
concluded that most teachers in Junior High Schools in Effutu Municipality lack the
required competencies to integrate ICT in teaching and learning. The study also
concludes that ICT facilities are scarcely used for instructional purposes in Junior
High schools in Effutu Municipality.
Description:
A dissertation in the Department of Educational Foundations
Faculty of Educational Studies, submitted to the School of
Graduate Studies, in partial fulfilment of the
requirements for the award of the degree of
Post Graduate Diploma
(Education)
in the University of Education, Winneba
