Effective Management for Maximum Utilization of Technology Equipment in Secondary Schools.

Abstract

The study investigated effective management for maximum utilization of technological equipment in secondary school Three research questions were raised and three hypotheses formulated. One hundred and twenty teachers comprised of 60 males and 60 females were randomly selected from four secondary schools in Minna for the study. A test re-test method was used to determine the reliability of the instrument. The research instrument used for the study was author constructed questionnaire with 0.71relibility coefficient. The data collected for the study was based on the administration of the study questionnaire to respondents and the result was scored appropriately. The data were analyzed using mean, standard deviation and percentage of analyzed questionnaire. t-test was used to analyze the hypotheses. The study showed that female teachers have less competence in using technological equipment for ' teaching and learning whereas male and female attainment in teaching and learning are not significantly different. The research therefore recommended that female teachers should be exposed to proper utilization of technological equipment in secondary schools and this can be achieved by organizing conferences, workshops also the use of technological equipment showed by employing teachers to teach in secondary schools so as to promote effective learning.