EDUCATION

AN ASSESSMENT OF ICT COMPETENCIES POSSESSED BY POLYTECHNIC OFFICE TECHNOLOGY & MANAGEMENT LECTURERS

AN ASSESSMENT OF ICT COMPETENCIES POSSESSED BY POLYTECHNIC OFFICE TECHNOLOGY & MANAGEMENT LECTURERS

ABSTRACT
This study sought to ascertain the ICT competencies possessed by polytechnic OTM lecturers in the south eastern state of Nigeria.Nike Air Max Lunar 90 Heren Five research questions were answered and five hypotheses tested. A total of 122 OTM lecturers in the seven government owned polytechnics in the south eastern states of Nigeria made up the population of the study and the population formed the sample for the study. nike air max 2016 goedkoop The research instrument was a structured questionnaire titled “ICT Competencies Possessed by polytechnic office technology and management (OTM) Lecturers. Nike AIR Max 2017 Dames Zwart Witnike air max pas cher
Four experts validated the instrument and a reliability test using Pearson product moment correlation coefficient yielded a reliability coefficient of 0.88. Nike Darwin Goedkoop soldes air max 1 pas cher Mean rating was used to answer the research questions and t-test was used to test the hypotheses. Major findings included that majority of polytechnic OTM lecturers in the south eastern state in Nigeria had a moderate level of competence in word processing, spreadsheet and database management.Nike Air Max 90 Dames
Their level of competence in desktop publishing and web page design was low. Nike Air Max 1 Heren The results revealed that male and female polytechnic OTM lecturers do not differ significantly in their mean ratings on the level of competence they possess in word processing, DTP, DBMS, and web page design applications. Air Max 2015 Flyknit Goedkoopgoedkoop nike air max 2016 To encourage the acquisition of ICT competence by OTM lecturers, it was recommended that polytechnic management and the academic staff union of polytechnics (ASUP) should organize seminars and conferences to intimate OTM lecturers more on office application packages especially desktop and web page design.