| dc.description.abstract | The rapid growth in Information Communication Technology (ICT), has brought notable changes in the twenty first century as well as affected the demands of modern societies. ICT is increasingly becoming important in our day to day lives as well as in our education system. This study aimed at investigating factors influencing school principals’ integration of Information Communication Technology in public secondary schools in Githunguri Sub County, Kiambu County, Kenya. The study sought to achieve the following objectives: examine the principals’ attitude, physical mobilization of Information Communication Technology resources, accessibility of Information Communication Technology resources, principals’ Information Communication Technology literacy and their influence on integration of Information Communication Technology in school administration. The study employed descriptive survey design and targeted a population of 32 principals, 32 deputy principals and 123 heads of departments. It was carried out in 10 public secondary schools; 10 Principals, 10 deputy principals and 40 heads of departments were randomly sampled to participate in this study out of. For the purposes of validating the research instrument which was the questionnaire, a pilot study was carried out in two schools outside the area under study. Reliability index of the study was reported for each questionnaire. Data was collected, coded and analyzed to form the basis of the research findings. The study’s main findings were that lack of enthusiasm towards ICT integration among principals; inadequate ICT literacy among principals, deputy principals and heads of departments, inadequate ICT resources and related infrastructure and lack of technical support for heads of departments as well as frequent power outages influenced ICT integration in public secondary schools to a great extent. The main conclusions of the study are that poor attitude towards ICT integration among principals, ICT illiteracy among principals, deputy principals, inadequate ICT resources and related infrastructure and lack of technical support were the main hurdles towards ICT integration in school administration in public secondary schools in Githunguri Sub County, Kiambu County, Kenya. The study came up with the following recommendations: First, the ministry of Education in conjunction with the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development should come up with tailor made ICT integration programs to impart relevant skills, knowledge and attitude to school administrators. Secondly, the Ministry of Education should come up with modalities to ensure that public secondary schools have adequate ICT resources. For further research, this study made the following suggestions for further studies; a study on factors influencing ICT integration among primary school head teachers in school administration in public primary schools and a study on effectiveness of ICT training among school administrators on ICT integration in school administration | en_US |
