PERCEIVED CHALLENGES OF INTEGRATING ICT IN EFFECTIVE TEACHING OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KWARA STATE, NIGERIA
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Date
2023
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Abuja Journal of Agriculture and Environment
Abstract
The study investigated the perceived challenges of integrating the use of Information
Communication Technology (ICT) in teaching Agricultural Students. A two-stage sampling
procedure was used to select 150 Agricultural science teachers. Results revealed that the average
age of teachers was 35.8 years. Majority of the respondents (76.7%) were married. The result also
revealed that the majority, 94.7% of the respondents either have a Bachelor's degree, Higher
National Diploma or National Diploma. 50% of the respondents had a high level of technical skills
in utilizing ICT facilities such as computers, the internet, and digital instructional materials.
Results also showed that 81% of the agricultural science teachers agreed that myriads of problems
such as the high cost of ICT facilities and equipment, inadequate training and seminar on ICT,
epileptic power supply and poor network service by network providers affected the efficient use of
ICT facilities by the Agricultural teachers. The study concluded that younger agricultural teachers
have great potential to integrate the use of ICT facilities in teaching agricultural science. It was
recommended that the use of ICT for teaching agriculture in Kwara state schools should be
encouraged as affordability and professionalism of ICT facilities should be made possible by both
government and non-governmental organizations in the country.