Abstract:
The use of technology has seen a widespread integration into our day-to-day life, where
access to vast amounts of information is now available with ease. Today’s generation
of students have grown up with technology all around them in an ever-increasing
manner. The effective use of ICT resources in teaching and learning in the second cycle
of Ghanaian education is much less to be desired. The study was to analyze the
availability, accessibility and user-ability of ICT resources by students of Senior High
Schools in Ghana. The descriptive survey design with quantitative method was used in
the study. The total population of the study was 6,692 SHS students, teachers and
administrators. The study employed stratified, simple random and convenient sampling
technique for selecting the sample size. The total sample of respondents was 180. The
data collection instrument was questionnaire. The researcher used descriptive statistical
tools to analyze data collected. The results revealed that students’ access to ICT
resources in schools continues to remain a challenge. The researcher concluded that
there was significant impact of the availability of ICT resources and ICT policies on
effective use of ICT. It was recommended among others those policy makers and school
administrators must consider again the process and implementation of ICT integration
into teaching and learning in Senior High Schools in Ghana.
Description:
A dissertation in the Department of Information Technology Education, Faculty
of Applied Sciences and Mathematics Education, submitted to the School of
Graduate Studies in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of the
degree of Master of Science (Information Technology Education) in the
University of Education, Winneba
MAY, 2022
