ENHANCING QUALITY AND EFFECTIVE COMPUTER PRACTICAL IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN SOUTH-EAST NIGERIA

Abstract

The study was carried out to identify the measures of enhancing quality and effective practical in the training of computer science study students in secondary schools in South-East Nigeria for job skills acquisition. Two null hypothesis were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance in line for purpose of the study. Literature was organized under conceptual framework, theoretical framework, empirical studies and summary of the review of literature. The study adopted descriptive survey design. Population of the study is 1366, and the sample comprised (200) public senior secondary school teachers from the area of the study drawn using multi-staged sample technique. An instrument termed “Computer Science Study Practical Questionnaire (CSSPQ)” was used for data collection. Three experts validated the instrument and reliability was determined using Cronbach Alpha Statistics with reliability arriving at 0.92. Mean and standard deviation was used for the research questions while t-test statistics used for testing the null hypothesis. Findings revealed that items presented are institutional and socioeconomic factors affecting quality and effective practical in senior secondary schools computer science study in South-East, Nigeria. Hypothesis test revealed that there was no significant difference in the mean response of teachers of computer science and ICT from Ebonyi and Enugu states. Recommendations was that government and none governmental organizations should assist in the provision of the require facilities and structures.