An Investigation of Senior Secondary School Teachers Utilization of ICT: An Example of Anambra State, Nigeria

This study evaluates how secondary school teachers in Anambra State, Nigeria utilize Information and Communication Technology (ICT based on their gender, age, teacher’s grade level, ICT general knowledge, and their usage of ICT. Due to the nature of this study, the study was carried out using quantitative research and survey method while ICT Utilization (ICTU) scale was data collection tool in this study. On the other hand, this research consists of two hundred and five (205) participants of actively employed teachers during the 2019–2020 academic session in both private and public secondary schools. Data analysis was conducted using frequency (f), percentage (%), mean (X̅) and descriptive data analysis techniques while T-test and One-Way ANOVA was used result validation. The results demonstrated a strong sign that a greater number of the teachers demonstrated reasonable ICT utilization skills in terms of general knowledge and usage. On the hand, no major distinction could be found between ICT utilization and age, gender and grade level orientation. The results also showed that there is great competence in the skills of teachers to make use of ICT effectively, at least on a technical or basic level. There remains a considerable gap between acquiring these skills and using them in the educational setting. Beside this, there is some acknowledgement and support of the benefits connected with usage of ICT, and there are some secondary school teachers who identify the significance of ICT in developing more productive techniques in the classroom.