Evaluation of The Role if ICT In Promoting History Education in Secondary Schools of Bauchi State, Nigeria

Abstract

This survey study examined the role of computer studies in promoting history education in secondary schools using questionnaire for data collection, simple frequency distribution and percentage rate for analyzing the data collected from the sampled schools under the area of study. The results of the study showed that computer education plays a significant role in the attainment of secondary school objectives but discovers that most of the schools have not yet introduced the teaching and learning of computer education as a subject despites its supposed inclusion in the secondary school curriculum, and even schools where computer education is being taught, there are no enough computers for students’ practical, no qualified computing personnel, and sometimes these schools are faced with the problem of erratic electricity supply. The study further reveals that computer literacy level is very low among the teachers and management staff of secondary schools but relatively fair among students of senior secondary education. The study recommends that government as a matter of urgency should provide computers, its related outfits and basic ICT infrastructure for public schools so that the teaching and learning of computer and computing technology can be integrated into the secondary schools’ education.