COMPUTER LITERACY AND TEACHER JOB EFFECTIVENESS IN KWARA STATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS

The use of computer by teachers remains highly invaluable in over 50% secondary schools. This study investigated computer literacy and teacher job effectiveness in Kwara State secondary schools. The study was a descriptive one of the survey type. Five hundred, that is, 100 principals and 400 teachers were randomly selected as respondents. Two researcher-designed instruments entitled: ‘Computer Literacy Questionnaire’ (CLQ) and ‘Teachers Job Effectiveness Questionnaire’ (TJEQ) were used to collect relevant data. The questionnaire was validated by six experts in the areas of Educational Management and Educational Measurement and Evaluation. Test re-test method was employed to obtain reliability coefficient values 0.72 and 0.84 for CLQ and TJEQ respectively. The research questions raised were answered using descriptive statistics. Pearson product-moment correlation statistic was used to test the hypothesis formulated to guide the conduct of the study at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study showed that there were 2,109 computers in the selected senior secondary schools in Kwara State out of which 1,275 (60.5%) were functioning. Microsoft word was ranked as the most application package used by teachers with frequency of 414. Results showed significant relationship between computer literacy and teacher job effectiveness (calculated r-value =0.675 > critical r-value 0.062, p < 0.05, df = 499). It was recommended, among others, that the government should organize workshops and conferences for teachers on the use of modern computer application packages such as Java and Oracle which will promote effective teaching and learning in secondary schools.