APPLICATION OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES (ICT) FOR EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTIONAL DELIVERY IN PUBLIC SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN RIVERS STATE
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ABSTRACT
In every state's senior secondary public schools, the research examined how information and communication technology (ICT) are used to provide instruction effectively. The research used a descriptive survey approach. Seven thousand, one hundred seventy-nine (7179) people in all, including teachers and administrators, made up the entire population. Seven hundred and eighteen (718) people were included in the study's sample, which represented 10% of the overall population. Data were gathered using a self-designed survey called the "Application of Information and Communication Technologies for Effective Instructional Delivery in the Administration of Public Senior Secondary Schools in Rivers State Questionnaire (AICTEIDAPSSQ)" that was obtained. The reliability of the instrument was determined utilizing a test-retest procedure and the Person Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (PPMCC). While z-test statistics were employed to test the hypotheses at a 0.05 level of significance, the mean and standard deviation were utilized to provide answers to the study questions. Findings showed that since ICT tools are not easily accessible, there is little use of them. Additionally, results indicate that virtually all of the schools studied lacked computers and internet connectivity, and applications that depend on availability suffer as a result, contributing to poor usability. Based on the foregoing, it was thus suggested, among other things, that the government should provide a conducive learning environment for the use of ICT in public schools in Rivers State, continuous training and retraining of staff/administrators to make them capable of applying the available ICT tools, and government should provide funds for the running cost of ICT maintenance in the schools. To provide a wider perspective, the research recommended that comparable exercises be done in other states around the nation.
Key words: Information and communication technologies, effective instructional delivery, computer, internet
MANAGING ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF SELF-SUFFICIENCY
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This paper examined entrepreneurship education for promotion of self-sufficiency in Nigeria. Entrepreneurship is seen as a process which involves the effort of an individual in identifying viable business opportunities. There are business opportunities in every sector of Nigeria economy that graduating students can identify and delve into if they receive adequate entrepreneur education. The paper is of the opinion that the standard of living of the people may benefit the students from entrepreneurship education. Entrepreneurship education creates wealth for the people by making them self-reliant, thereby creating employment to alleviate the sufferings of the people. The paper also examined issues surrounding the implementation of entrepreneurship education for national development. The paper noticed that optimum national development can only be visible with the effective implementation of entrepreneurship education at all levels of education. The paper went further to review the factors to consider in the implementation of entrepreneurship education, which includes personnel, infrastructure and facilities. The paper also noted that implementation of entrepreneurship education will not be effective if there are no adequate staff to handle the instructional delivery processes, hence; their role to transmit this knowledge and skills cannot be over emphasized. Also revealed by the paper are the challenges encountered in the implementation of entrepreneurship education programmes and university administrators should ensure that there are stipulated approaches to the successful implementation of entrepreneurship education in universities.
Keywords: Entrepreneurship Education, Implementation, Challenges, Factors, Reasons, Self-Sufficiency
