Teachers’ Perceptions on the Utilization of Information and Communication Technology for the Instructional Delivery in Public Senior Secondary Schools in Port Harcourt Metropolis

The study examined teachers’ perceptions on the utilization of information and communication technology for the instructional delivery in public secondary schools in Port Harcourt Metropolis, Rivers State, Nigeria. Two research questions were answered with two corresponding null hypotheses that were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significant. The study adopted the descriptive research survey design with a population of 2,131 teachers. The stratified random sampling technique was used to select a sample size of 640 teachers comprising of 240 males and 400 females. The instrument for data collection was a self-structured questionnaire which was validated and tested for reliability. A reliability coefficient of 0.81 was obtained. The research questions posed were answered using mean and standard deviation while the hypotheses were tested using the z-test. Findings revealed that there are information and communication technology tools in public senior secondary schools but are inadequate in supply. Again, the result also shows that teachers do not utilize these tools in schools, because they are inadequate in supply, adequately due to their low level of competence. Based on these findings, it was recommended that government at all level should provide modern; relevant and adequate information and communication tool for instructional delivery, and that seminars, workshops and conferences be organized to upgrade the level of competence skills possessed by teachers in the use of information and communication technology.