ICT FACILITIES AND THEIR UTILIZATION FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES IN NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES: A REVIEW OF LITERATURES FROM 2004 TO 2018

Balarabe Yushau, Fadip Audu Nannim

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Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is now part and parcel of our daily life. In particular, education has been revolutionized due to the advent of this technology. With this, teaching, learning, assessment and even research are now done differently. As a result, Nigeria promulgated an IT Policy in the year 2001. However, not much is known about the ICT facilities that are available in our schools, and how these facilities are being utilized for educational purposes. In this paper, we review studies conducted from 2004 to 2018 in Nigerian Universities that are related to the availability of ICT facilities, and how the facilities are being utilized for academic purposes.  A thorough search in different online search engines resulted in sixty four (64) relevant studies.  Here, we present the result of the review with a view to getting better insight on the issues, and we also proffer a way forward in the area.


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