GASPRO International Journal of Eminent Scholars

ABSTRACT

The aim of this study was to demine the influence of education qualification on ICT skills acquisition among secondary school teachers. A survey research design was adopted for the study. This study was carried out in some selected secondary schools within Uyo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State The population of the study consisted of all the newly recruited teachers in all public secondary schools selected for all this study within Uyo Local Government Area. A simple random sampling technique was used to select one hundred and ninety-five (195) teachers selected across the entire Local Government Area. This gave a total of 195 respondents used for the study. The instrument used in this study for data collection was a questionnaire titled "Demographic Variable and ICT Skills Acquisition among Teachers Questionnaire (DVICTSATQ)". Face and content validation of the instrument was carried out by an expert from University of Uyo in testing, measurement, and evaluation to ensure that the instrument has the accuracy, appropriateness, and completeness for the study under consideration. The reliability of the instrument was obtained by using test-retest method. The data collected from the survey were organized and analyzed, the research questions were answered using the mean (x), while the independent Chi-square (x²) was used in testing the null hypotheses. The test for significance was done at 0.05 alpha levels. Based on the above findings, it was concluded that educational qualification had significant influence on skills ICT acquisition by teachers in secondary schools in Uyo Local Government Area. This further means teachers’ educational qualification reveals a positive impact on the issue of ICT skills acquisition and utilization among teachers in secondary schools. The recommendation made was that teachers should be exposed to the benefits of ICT skills acquisition and utilization through training and retraining to be acquainted with modem trend in teaching/learning.

KEYWORDS: Education qualification, ICT skills acquisition, Secondary school teachers, and Uyo Local Government Area