THE ROLE OF INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) IN ENHANCING ACADEMIC PERFORMANCES AMONG JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN MAKURDI METROPOLIS.
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This study investigates the impact of information communication technology on academic performance among junior secondary school students in Makurdi. A cross-sectional survey design was used in this study. Questionnaires were used to collect data from 343 participants. This study included 155 (45.2%) males and 188 (54.8%) females. Hypothesis 1 shows simple linear regression scores indicating the influence of information technology on academic performance among junior secondary school students in Makurdi. Finding revealed that Information Communication Technology (ICT) will have influence on academic performance among junior secondary school students in Makurdi metropolis [F (1, 341) = 2.861; P<. 05]. This result implies that there is a significant influence of ICT on academic performance among junior secondary school (JSS) students in Makurdi Metropolis. More so, the result revealed the influence of ICT accounted for 31.5 % (R2 = .315) total variance in explaining Academic Performance among Junior Secondary School (JSS) Students in Makurdi Metropolis.
Also, the chi-squared results showing the impact of IT on academic performance among junior secondary school students in Makurdi Metropolis were used. Results from the study show a positive and significant impact of information and communication technology (ICT) on Academic Performance among Junior Secondary School (JSS) Students in Makurdi Metropolis X2 (450, N=343) =780.738, P<.01. There is a positive and significant association between Information Communication Technology (ICT) and Academic Performance among Junior Secondary School (JSS) Students in Makurdi. Findings agree with the hypothesis that there is a positive and significant association between IT and academic performance among junior secondary school students in Makurdi.
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Information Communication Technology, social media, personalized learning, learning and teaching, internetDownloads
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