REJOICE KEFAS SULE, NUNGALA ISAAC, and JOHN MOSES DAKWAT
Department of Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) College of Education Zing, Taraba State, Nigeria.
ABSTRACT.
This research examined ICT Utilization in managing tertiary education for empowerment in the phase of covid-19 pandemic in Taraba state. Specifically, the objectives of the study are to: find out the level of ICT utilization in managing Tertiary education, identify the knowledge and level of competency of lecturers in ICT utilization, find out the effects of ICT utilization and find out the challenges encountered by lecturers in managing Tertiary education using ICT during the Covid-19 pandemic in Taraba State. Four research questions guided the study. The research adopted the survey research design and a questionnaire was used for the purpose of data collection. The sample for the study was made up of 100 lecturers of College of Education Zing, Taraba State College of Agriculture Jalingo, Taraba State Polytechnic Suntai, and Taraba State University, Jalingo. The data collected in the study was analyzed using percentages. The study concluded that some lecturers are not competent in ICT and they cannot operate ICT devices. The study discovered that ICT utilization in managing Tertiary education in the phase of Covid-19 pandemic is of great importance and it has great potential to enhance student achievement and teacher learning, ICT help lecturers to become more knowledgeable in their discipline, ICT enables students to collect information and interact with resources, ICT increases student motivation and ICT facilitate creative and critical thinking. The challenges that lecturers face in the ICT utilization in managing in Tertiary education in the phase of Covid-19 pandemic include poor teachers’ attitudes towards the use of ICT, lecturer’s competence and confidence, limited access to ICT facilities, inadequate ICT Infrastructure, and lack of Technical Support. Recommendations were made.
Keywords: ICT, Utilization, Tertiary Education, Empowerment, Covid-19 pandemic.
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