Vocational and Technical Education Journal

Education has evolved greatly in this last two decades. Educators and other stakeholders have sought for ways to deploy the use of information and communication technology (ICT) for effective delivery of vocational subjects to students. This study assessed the extent ICT is used in teaching vocational subjects in Ika North East Local Government Area of Delta State. Three (3) research questions and two hypotheses guided this study. The study adopted the descriptive survey design with a population of 130 vocational subject teachers which was made up of both male and female teachers. The instrument used for data collection is a structured questionnaire. The content validity of the research instrument was obtained through the scrutiny of three experts from department of Vocational and Technical Education in University of Benin. The reliability of the instrument was determined through a test-retest administration of the instrument. The result of the study was treated to Cronbach Alpha Reliability Co-Efficient Analysis through which the reliability coefficient found to be 0.73. The analysis and interpretation of data involved the use of mean and standard deviation to answer the research questions. It was found out that most schools have ICT facilities but they are underutilized by the teachers and students. This is as a result of over population in most schools and limited ICT facilities available. Based on the findings, the study recommend that government should provide mass and functional ICT facilities that are accessible by teachers and students and the price of ICT facilities should be subsidized so as to make it easier for its acquisition, Government should revisit the curriculum and incorporate the use of ICT facilities, among others.

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