Information and Communication Technologies: Availability and Utilization in Human Capital Development in Computer Education in Secondary Schools in Enugu Educational Zone

Abstract

The study adopted to assess the information communication utilization for human capital development in secondary Computer Education in Enugu Education zone of Enugu state. No sampling was conducted as the 105 teachers in the 29 secondary schools in the zone were used. The instrument for data collection was a structured questionnaire. Validation of the instrument was conducted and a reliability of the instrument was determined by the use of crombach’s alpha with reliability co-efficient of 0.69 revealing high internal consistency. Data was analysed using mean statistics and percentage. The basic findings were that information and communication technology gadgets available were inadequate for human capital development in secondary school computer education and also the extent of utilization of ICT for human capital development was low. It recommended that school managements should partner with the private sector to provide adequate ICT gadgets for utilization in human capital development in secondary schools.

Keywords: Computer Education, ICT, Human Capital Development