Information and Communication Technology Utilization for Managerial Planning Among Educational Administrators in Secondary Schools in Ilorin Metropolis
Abstract
This study examines how secondary school
administrators in the Ilorin Metropolis use ICT for
managerial planning. The principal must effectively
and efficiently organize, manage, and supervise the
school's business for them to run successfully. This
study's design is a survey-style descriptive study to
determine how ICT affects principals' administrative
performance. The population of this study consisted of
292 participants from all 75 public secondary schools in
the Ilorin Metropolis. The instrument for data collection
was a structured questionnaire titled "Information
Communication Technology and Principal's
Administrative Effectiveness Questionnaire"
(ICTPAEQ) while reliability coefficient values of 0.85
were obtained. The data gathered from the field was
evaluated using pertinent descriptive statistics such as
percentages, mean, and standard deviation, while
research question 4 was addressed using Pearson
Production Moment Correlation (PPMC) statistics. This
finding may be explained by the fact that most schools
lacked these ICT resources, which may have
contributed to the finding. This finding revealed that
secondary school principals do better administratively
the more they use ICT resources. This further implies
that secondary school management effectiveness may
be in danger in the absence of ICT. This implied that ICT
is a crucial factor in the efficient administration of secondary schools. Based on the findings of this study,
the following recommendations were made for
secondary school administrators to become more
proficient and use ICT technologies to enhance training
for school administrators who are not yet ICT proficient.
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