Secondary School Teachers’ Literacy to Integrate ICT for Enhancing School Management Efficiency: Experience from Njombe Town Council, Tanzania

• Author(s): Filbert A. Masoud ; Willy L. Komba
• Paper ID: 1705075
• Page: 438-448
• Published Date: 29-10-2023
• Published In: Iconic Research And Engineering Journals
• Publisher: IRE Journals
• e-ISSN: 2456-8880
• Volume/Issue: Volume 7 Issue 3 September-2023

Abstract

This paper describes the findings on teachers’ literacy to integrate ICT for enhancing secondary school management efficiency in Tanzania. Extensively, the paper gives the comprehensive idea on how teachers are prepared in integrating ICT in management of school’s functions. The question directed the paper was; How ICT literate are secondary school teachers in enhancing schools’ management in Njombe Town Council? Convergent research design consisted of quantitative and qualitative approaches was applied. The study used simple random sampling to get 98 teachers and purposive sampling to 7 school heads and 1 TEO. Questionnaire and interview were applied in collecting data in public secondary schools in Njombe Town council. Quantitative data were analysed by descriptive statistics while thematic analysis was used to qualitative data. The study’s findings revealed that, even though most teachers have average ICT competence, the gap is still noticeable in ICT managerial trainings rather than ICT trainings for basic ICT knowledge and skills. As ICT plays a crucial role in the improvement of education sector, regular teachers ICT professional development programs are to be practiced for enabling school’s management efficiency. Thus, the study recommends for the government to support ICT facilities and teachers’ ICT training for attaining effective school’s management in public secondary schools.

Keywords

ICT, ICT readiness, ICT literacy and management.

Citations

IRE Journals:
Filbert A. Masoud , Willy L. Komba "Secondary School Teachers’ Literacy to Integrate ICT for Enhancing School Management Efficiency: Experience from Njombe Town Council, Tanzania" Iconic Research And Engineering Journals Volume 7 Issue 3 2023 Page 438-448

IEEE:
Filbert A. Masoud , Willy L. Komba "Secondary School Teachers’ Literacy to Integrate ICT for Enhancing School Management Efficiency: Experience from Njombe Town Council, Tanzania" Iconic Research And Engineering Journals, 7(3)