Authors : Eze Blessing Ngozi, Mgboji Chukwuma, Chiamogu Charles, Asogwa Angela Nkechinyelugo and Chilaka Eunice Akuchinyere
Abstract: The study is focused on determining the information and communications technology skills needs of administrative officer in colleges of education in Enugu State. The study adopted a survey research design. The population for the study was 120 respondents comprising 80 administrative officers and 40 administrative assistants. Total population sampling was used. The instrument used for data collection was a structured questionnaire developed by the researcher. About 35 items multiple choice question with five options lettered was developed on administrative officer skills. The reliability index of 0.84 was established using Cronbach alpha for internal consistency of the administrative officer skills. The research assistance involved in administering the instruments was briefed by the researcher. Data collected was analyzed using mean and standard deviation and t test to test the 1 null hypothesis formulated to guide the study at 0.05 level of significance with the aid of Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) Version 22. Data analyzed revealed that administrative officer skills are needed by administrative officers in colleges of education. Furthermore, the findings on hypothesis tested revealed that there was no significance difference between the mean scores of administrative officer and administrative assistants it was therefore concluded that administrative officer skills are needed by administrative officer in colleges of education. It is recommended that the government should provide stable power supply to enable administrative officer to make use of the facilities. There should be adequate efforts by the government and its relevant agencies to provide framework that will ensure timely and constant in-service training to administrative officers in order to keep updating the required skills for instructional delivery.
Eze Blessing Ngozi, Mgboji Chukwuma, Chiamogu Charles, Asogwa Angela Nkechinyelugo and Chilaka Eunice Akuchinyere, 2020. Information and Communications Technology Skills Needs of Administrative Officer in Colleges of Education in South Eastern, Nigeria. Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 15: 3611-3618.