Assessment of Stakeholders’ Perception of the Availability and Use of Information and Communication Technology Equipment in the Management of Universities in Nigeria

Abstract

The study was an assessment of stakeholders perception on the availability and use of information and communication technology equipment in the management of universities in Nigeria. The research design employed in this study was descriptive survey design. The population for the study comprised 138 universities. These universities include 40 Federal, 40 State and 58 Private universities, making a total of 138 universities. These 138 universities were further grouped into six geo-political zones of Nigeria namely: North-East, North-West, North Central, South-West, South East and South-South. Stratified sampling technique was adopted for the study in order to give equal chance to all sample representatives and to be able to cover all the universities across the six geo-political zones. Consequently, one university was randomly selected from each of the three groups of universities in each of geo-political zone, making a total of 18 selected universities. A purposive sampling was used to share 50 questionnaires in each of the 18 universities, which gave a total of 900 as sample size. The data obtained were analysed using percentages, descriptive statistics and analysis of variance (ANOVA) statistics. Results showed that significant differences exist in the opinions of administrators, lecturers and ICT instructors on the impact of ICT on availability of equipment in the management of universities in Nigeria. The calculated P-Value of 0.028 is lower than the 0.05 alpha level significance. It was concluded that availability and good condition of equipment will enhance effective running of universities in Nigeria. It was recommended that university management should provide ICT equipment and always keep them in good condition.