Influence of Information Communication and Technology Project Implementation on Academic Performance in Public Secondary Schools in Taita Taveta County, Kenya

Authors

  • Kapkiai Charles Kipkoech University of Nairobi
  • Dr. John Mbugua University of Nairobi

Abstract

This study sought to untangle why, despite the implementation of ICT projects, schools have not improved academic performance. The objectives of the study were; to determine the influence of ICT infrastructural implementation on academic  performance in public secondary schools, assess the influence of ICT staff training implementation on academic performance in public secondary schools,  establish the influence of ICT technical support implementation on academic performance in public secondary schools, find the influence of ICT financing implementation on academic performance in public secondary schools and to determine the influence of ICT policies implementation on academic performance in public secondary schools. A descriptive survey design was applied for the study. The targeted population was 520 out of which a sample size of 84 was used through a simple random sampling method. Questionnaires were used to collect primary data while the interview was used to collect secondary data from the principals and education officers. Data were analyzed through the use of MS Excel and Statistical Package for Social Science. The presentation was done using tables and frequencies.  Mean, standard deviation and study hypothesis were processed through the use of descriptive statistics and inferential were used.  On findings, hypotheses were tested on 0.05 level of significance and it showed that both ICT infrastructure and ICT staff training were significant at p=0.001 and p=0.047 respectively. The rest of the factors were not significant. Spearman's correlation was also used to find the relationship between the dependent variable of academic performance and factors of ICT infrastructure, staff training, technical support, financing, and policies. Only ICT infrastructure and staff training at r=0.891 and r=0.672 respectively were strongly correlated to academic performance. The conclusion was that there exists a significant relationship between ICT infrastructures and ICT staff training on academic performance. There was no significant relationship between ICT technical support, financing and policy implementation on school academic performance. Recommendations were that more ICT infrastructural resources still needed in schools. Teachers, students, non-teaching and school administrators should be trained better on using ICT. Schools to prioritize ICT budgets in their plans, all students need to be introduced to basic ICT skills in the lower classes, the school's administration needs to embrace ICT as a key resource for modern teaching and learning.

Keywords: School academic performance, ICT infrastructural implementation, ICT staff training implementation, ICT financing implementation, ICT policy implementation.

Author Biographies

Kapkiai Charles Kipkoech, University of Nairobi

Post Graduate Student, University of Nairobi

Dr. John Mbugua, University of Nairobi

Lecturer, School of Open and Distance Learning, University of Nairobi

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2019-12-07

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Kipkoech, K. C., & Mbugua, D. J. (2019). Influence of Information Communication and Technology Project Implementation on Academic Performance in Public Secondary Schools in Taita Taveta County, Kenya. Journal of Entrepreneurship & Project Management, 3(6), 51–71. Retrieved from https://stratfordjournals.org/journals/index.php/journal-of-entrepreneurship-proj/article/view/397

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