Impact of Computer Education on Students Interest and Performance in Automobile Trade, in Nigerian Secondary Schools and Colleges

Abstract

Computer education has become one of the vital tools necessary for promoting education worldwide. Information are sourced, disseminated, stored through the use of computers and internet facilities etc. Today all over the world teaching and learning, searching for information’s within educational circle is done through internet. It has become necessary to incorporate computer education into Nigerian system of education. Hence this study tends to determine what impact will computer education have in the training of students in automobile trade at the secondary school or college level in Nigeria schools.

Data collected for this study was done through the use of questionnaire that was pre-tested and post-tested using two schools as control group (NCAI) and experimental group (CAI). The data were analyzed and tested at 0.05 significant level using mean and t-test analysis to check for level of significance. Findings were made and stated as follows:

• That students pre-tested in the two schools had low score performance.
• That the use of computer to teach student in the two schools helped to arouse student’s interest etc. Based on the findings the following recommendations were made:
• That computer education should be fully implemented in schools and colleges, to assist students in the operation of modern tools and equipment in the workshop.
• Government should equip automobile workshops with computers, to enhance student interest and performance etc.