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Judith O. Patrick.

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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

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