Factors influencing use of ICT in teaching and learning among primary school pupils in Kandara sub- county,Muranga county, Kenya.

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to investigate the factors influencing use of ICT in teaching and learning among primary school pupils in Kandara Sub-County in Kenya. The main objective of the study was to identify the factors contributing to pupils ICT use in the country .It also looks at how ICT infrastructure influences their teaching and learning process, the skills that the teachers and the pupils need and how they influence them to use ICT in teaching and learning process. It also looks in to how they access these ICT tools and if the ICT equipments are available for them during their teaching and learning process. Survey methods have been used to collect data where the questionnaire has been the main data collection instrument. Stratified random sampling methods were used .The study focused on the 226 pupils and 14 teachers in primary schools in Kandara SubCounty. The findings revealed that 94.9% of pupils respondents and 92.9% of teachers had no access to power.97.3% of pupil respondents and 92.8% of teacher respondents confirmed that they had no computers at schools.93.3% of pupil respondents and 92.9% of teacher respondents indicated that computers are placed in offices and this had negatively affected the use of ICT in teaching and learning in primary school. 92.9% of teacher respondents and 89.8% of pupil respondent were not connected to internet in their schools. 100% of pupil respondents and 64.2% of teacher respondents reported that they had never received any training on how to use ICT devices.100% of teacher respondents and 99.5% of pupil respondents had no technical support personnel in their schools and this was one of the barriers that resulted in computers being under utilized in classes. Teachers Service Commission is obliged to provide ICT personnel to support the teachers and pupils effectively in primary schools. 97.8% of pupils and 71.4% of teachers had never interacted with computers and therefore the respondents had no access to computers and this contributed to their inability to use ICT in teaching and learning. The government and education stakeholders should combine effort to equip schools with computing resources.