ASSESSMENT OF INFORMATION MANAGEMENT IN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA

ABSTRACT

This research was carried out to assess Information Management in Primary and Secondary Schools in Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. To achieve the objectives of the study, eight research questions and four hypotheses were formulated, raised and answered. The research questions raised include among others what types of information are available in Staff School and Demonstration Secondary School, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and to what extent the available information in staff School and Demonstration Secondary School affects teaching in the schools. The hypotheses formulated for this study include that there is no significant relationship between availability of information and accessibility to information in Staff school, there is no significant relationship between availability of information and accessibility to information in Demonstration Seccondary School. A Survey Research Method was adopted for the study while structured questionnaire was the instrument used for data collection. The population comprised of the personnel of the schools. A sample of 194 respondents was sampled from a population of 358. Data collected were analyzed descriptively for the research questions and inferential statistics were used to test the hypotheses. It was discovered that the two schools hardly use the available information and communication technology for information processing and organization. It was also discovered that not all the available information in the two schools were used for teaching, most of the available information were used for decision making, planning and reporting. It was therefore recommended that information and communication technology literacy be taught to teachers, and that management information systems be provided for the two schools for timely and relevant information provision.