INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY WORK SKILL NEEDS FOR OFFICE TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT LECTURERS IN POLYTECHNICS IN NORTH CENTRAL STATES OF NIGERIA
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The study presents the result of a survey which identified the ICT work skill needs for OTM lecturers in Polytechnics in North Central States Nigeria. The study was carried out using one hundred and four lecturers in Office Technology and Management Department in ten Polytechnics in North Central States of Nigeria. Three research questions and three hypotheses guided the study. Data was collected using structured questionnaire. The instrument was a four-point bipolar scales which was subjected to face validation and a reliability test with coefficients of 0.95 and 0.94 on both scales signifying that the instrument was reliable. Data collected was analyzed using mean and standard deviation, correlated t to answer the research questions, while One-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. It was found that all the clusters in Desktop Publishing, Database Management, and Webpage Design are skill needs which require training by OTM lecturers in North Central States of Nigeria. This study also revealed that qualification was not a source of difference in the mean rating of OTM lecturers on desktop publishing, database management and webpage design. Based on findings, the following recommendations were made: OTM lecturers in all the polytechnics in North Central States of Nigeria should update their skills on desktop publishing through self development by attending courses mounted on desktop publishing by business centers. The management of the Polytechnics should from time to time liaise with experts and professional organizations to mount seminars and workshops for OTM lecturers to enable them update their skills on ICT based courses in the Polytechnics. Both federal and state governments should provide an enabling teaching and learning environment that support continuous growth and development of OTM lecturers. This can be achieve through in-service training for lecturers
Keywords: ICT, Work skills, Office Technology and Management, Lecturers
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