| dc.description.abstract | Throughout the globe, there has been a soaring recognition of the importance of
Information Communication Technology (ICT) in the field of education.
Principals emerge as the prime enforcers of the deliberate measures put in place
by governments to facilitate the implementation of ICT in schools. Principals are
able to champion the integration of ICT into learning and teaching in their
specific schools. This research was devoted to examine the factors that influenced
the principals’ integration of ICT in their administrative tasks. The study sought
to determine the extent to which principals’ ICT literacy, attitudes towards the use
of ICT, availability of ICT infrastructure and availability of technical support
influence integration of ICT in administration of secondary schools. The
objectives of the study were; to determine the extent to which principals’ ICT
literacy, availability of ICT infrastructure, principals’ attitudes towards ICT, and
availability of technical support influence principals’ integration of ICT in
administration of secondary schools in Isinya Sub-County. A descriptive survey
design was employed for the study. The target population of the study involved all
the 12 public secondary schools in Isinya Sub-County. However, simple random
sampling was utilized to select a sample of 10 public secondary schools to
participate in the study while the other two secondary schools were reserved for
pilot study. From the sampled 10 public secondary schools in Isinya Sub County,
10 principals, 10 deputy principals and 10 senior teachers were considered for the
study. A self-designed questionnaire was utilized to collect data from the
respondents between the month of May and June 2015. The Statistical package
for social sciences (SPSS) was used to analyze data and the data was presented
using frequency tables, pie and bar graphs. The findings of the study showed that
ICT competency among the principals, attitudes of principals towards the use of
ICT, the availability of ICT infrastructure and technical support influenced their
integration of ICT in administrative task areas, especially financial management.
Given this, the research report suggested strategies on how to prompt the
principals to integrate ICT into their administrative task areas in secondary
schools. | en_US |
