Volume 13, Issue 2A and 2B, 2025
Issues and Challenges to the Successful Integration of ICT in Engineering/Technical Education in Secondary Schools: Teachers Perspective
Binitie Amaka Patience&OkohKate Chinwe
Abstract
The Federal government of Nigeria and government of Delta state have made
effortsto support secondary schools in integrating ICT tools into the technical
educational curriculum, yet most schools only teach ICT as a separate subject.
This study is aimed at assessing the availability, utilization, and challenges
facing the integration of ICT intheteachingof engineering and technical
subjectsin Oshimili South Local Government Area of Delta State.These
engineering subjects include wood work, technical drawing, and further
mathematics, among others.A total of 140 respondents,drawn from ten public
and private schools participated in the study. Purposeful sampling was used to
select the respondents.The instrument used for data collection was a
researcherstructured questionnaire titled Availability, Utilization,and
Challenges of Integrating ICT in Teaching Technical Subjects in Secondary
Schools (AUCIITT). Theinstrument was validated by two experts and
administered by the researcher and three research assistants. The mean and
standard deviation were used to analyze the data retrieved from the
respondents. It was observed that teachers from private schools were more
disposed to the integration of ICT resources in teaching all their subject areas.
The study recommended that teachers to be employed must have ICT skills,
among other requirements.
Keywords
ICT, technology, teaching and learning, secondary school, engineering
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