STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING QUALITY USE OF ICT TOOLS IN OFFICE TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME IN POLYTECHNICS IN DELTA STATE FOR NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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The purpose of this study was to assess strategies for improving the quality use of ICTs in Office Technology and Management programme polytechnics in Delta State for national development. A survey research design was adopted. The population comprised 35 OTM lecturers in polytechnics in Delta State. One research question and one null hypothesis guided the study. The study used a structured questionnaire with 15 items for data collection. Three experts validated the instrument
and it obtained a reliability coefficient of 0.86 using Cronbach Alpha. Data collected were analysed using mean for the research question and ANOVA for testing the null hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study showed that OTM lecturers accepted all the items listed as strategies for improving the quality use of ICTs in OTM programme in Polytechnics in Delta State for national development. The study also showed that the OTM lecturers did not differ significantly
in their opinions regarding the strategies for quality use of ICTs in the OTM programme in polytechnics for national development. Recommendations were made, among others that lecturers and students of OTM programme in Polytechnics in Delta State should develop personal interest in the use of ICTs for quality instructional delivery and the government should provide adequate funding for procurement of ICT tools for instructional delivery for quality learning.
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