Networking and Multimedia Skills Need of Administrative Officers in Colleges of Education in Enugu State, Nigeria

Abstract

The study sought to determine the Networking and Multimedia skills need of administrative officers in colleges of education in Enugu State. The study adopted a survey research design. The population for the study is 213 respondents which comprised of 24 male administrative officers and 18 female administrative officers drawn from Enugu State Colleges of Education, Technical while 87 male administrative officers and 84 females drawn from the Federal College of Education Eha-Amufu, Enugu State. All the population was used for the study. The instrument for data collection was a 20-item structured questionnaire titled “Administrative Officers ICT Needs Questionnaire (AOINQ)”. The reliability index of 0.85 was established using Cronbach alpha to ascertain the internal consistency of the administrative officer skills. Data analyzed revealed that Information and Technology (ICT) skills such as networking skills and multimedia skills are needed by administrative officers for effective service delivery. Furthermore, the findings on hypotheses tested revealed that there was no significant difference between the mean ratings of the male administrative officers and female administrative officers on the ICT skills needs. It was recommended among others that Government through the Ministry of Education should organize seminars, conferences and workshops for training and retraining of administrative officers in colleges of education on the ICT skills.