Problems and Prospects of Utilizing ICT Tools in Science Education

Abstract

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has been celebrated and lauded to be allowed a pride of place in theteaching/learning environment, yet there exists a missing link. Hence, the main focus of this research is to highlight the useof ICT as a tool to promote education. Therefore, this research work examines the problems and prospects of utilizing ICTtools in science education. The work considered the students the end products of any educational process. Hence, out of thesample size of one hundred and twenty, the student/lecturer ratio was one hundred ratio twenty. Survey research design wasemployed and as a result primary source of data collection was adjudged apt. The research hypotheses and questions wereresolved using chi-square as an instrument of data analysis and expectedly conclusions made.Keywords: ICTs, Utilization, Students, prospects, problems