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.
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University of Nairobi
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