Abstract:
This quantitative study was carried out to find out how contextual factors relate to ICT
adoption for school administration by headteachers of basic schools. The study adopted
the cross-sectional survey design, and used the census sampling technique to collect
data from 69 participants, and analyzed using multiple linear regression, frequency,
percentage, mean, and standard deviation, as well as independent samples t-test. The
study found that attitude, perceived usefulness, access and availability of ICT tools,
training and technical support, as well as motivation and incentives were the major
contextual factors that relate to headteachers’ adoption of ICT for school
administration. Also, the study revealed that the perceived impact of ICT adoption on
school administration related to enhanced access to information, improved efficiency
in decision-making, as well as enhanced productivity. Furthermore, the study showed
that there was no significant difference in the readiness to adopt ICT among
headteachers of private schools and those in public schools (p=0.895). It was
recommended that headteachers should be given the necessary training and support, as
well as motivation and incentives, in order to concretize the adoption of ICT for school
administration.
Description:
A Dissertation in the Department of Information Technology Education,
Faculty of Technical Education, submitted to the School of Graduate Studies in
partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the degree of Master of Science (Information Technology Education) in the University of Education, Winneba
MAY, 2020