dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this study was to investigate factors influencing school principals’
integration of ICT in administration of secondary school Kitui Central Sub-
County, Kitui County. Specifically, the study was set to establish the extent to
which availability of ICT infrastructure influences ICT integration; extent to
which school principals’ ICT literacy levels influence integration of ICT; the
influence of principals’ attitudes towards ICT on its integration as well as finding
out the extent to which availability of technical support influence principal’s
integration of ICT. The study employed a descriptive survey research design. The
target population consisted of 35 principals, 35 deputies of the public secondary
schools in Kitui Central Sub-County, one sub county education administrator.
Sample size comprise of 32 principals, 32 deputies and 1 Sub County Education
Administrator who were randomly selected. Questionnaires were administered to
the sampled respondents. The study’s main findings were that inadequate ICT
resources and related infrastructure, inadequate ICT literacy among principals and
deputy principals, lack of enthusiasm towards ICT integration among principals;
and lack of technical support 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 inadequate ICT resources, ICT illiteracy among principals,
negative attitude towards ICT integration among principals and lack of technical
support were the main hindrances towards ICT integration in school
administration in public secondary schools in Kitui Central Sub County, Kitui
County, Kenya. The study recommended that principals liaise with school
managers to avail ICT tools, Principals to attend workshops and seminars for
training to acquire skills and boost the attitude as well. Schools were also
recommended employ their own technical experts to avoid time wasting. For
further research, this study suggested: a replica of same topic to be studied in
other counties for comparison and also the same topic to be done investigating
more variables that hinder ICT integration among principals like non-teaching
staff ICT competency and availability of reliable power | en_US |