Appraisal Of Available Instructional Media In The Implementation Of Computer Studies Programme In Upper Basic Schools In Enugu State, Nigeria
Bassey Helen Ebere
Godfrey Okoye University Ugwuomu Nike, Enugu State
Professor Mrs D U Akubuilo
Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT)
Keywords: Availability, Improvisation, Instructional media, Urban and Rural schools, Upper basic
Abstract
The main purpose of the study was to Access available instructional media for implementation of computer studies programme in Upper Basic schools in Enugu State. Two research questions and two null hypotheses guided the study. The study adopted the survey research design. The area of study was Enugu State in the South East geo-Political Zone of Nigeria. The population for the study comprised all the 188 teachers in the 207 urban and rural government owned secondary schools in Enugu State. Made up of 87 computer teachers in urban schools and 101 computer teachers in rural schools in Enugu State. The instrument for data collection was 18-item checklist and 6 items questionnaire developed by the researcher. The reliability of the instrument was ascertained using Cronbach Alpha. Reliability indices of 0.91and 0.89 were obtained from clusters A and B respectively. The overall reliability index of 0.90 was obtained for the entire instrument. The data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation to address the research questions and t-test statistics to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The results of data analysis, revealed among others that: instructional media were poorly available for implementation of computer studies programme in urban and rural Upper Basic schools in Enugu State. Recommendations were made among others that stakeholders in education should ensure that schools are adequately provided with instructional media for computer studies implementation.