Science and Technology Teacher’S Level of Awareness of Nigeria’S ICT Initiatives for Teaching

Abstract

The study looked at the list of Nigeria’s ICT initiatives and attempted to find out whether science and technology teachers (STTs) are aware of the existence of these initiatives that are available in Nigeria for teaching and research. It further looked into the constraints and hindrances to STTs’ awareness of the ICT initiatives. One research instrument was used in the study. A questionnaire was administered on STTs. STTs’ questionnaire was structured along the line of teaching and research. It featured questions on respondent’s personal data, establishment information and respondents’ awareness of Nigeria’s ICT initiatives. Some of the major findings were that none of Nigeria’s ICT initiatives within the last twelve years (2000 – 2011) was specifically or exclusively designed or implemented for STTs. The results of the mean response analysis, analysis of variance (ANOVA) and frequency of responses indicated that there was significant difference in STTs’ opinions pertaining to eight of Nigeria’s ICT initiatives regarding their awareness of the initiatives. The implications of these findings for science and technology programmes and STTs were indicated. It is therefore suggested that Nigeria’s ICT initiatives awareness campaign should be mounted for STTs and the challenges identified in the study should be address urgently.

Keywords: ICT Initiatives, Science and Technology Teachers, Awareness.