Assessment of ICT literacy skills and competence level among in-service teachers in Nigeria

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Abstract.

The development and innovation of ICT in teaching-learning process is an investment for the advancement of education. The way pre-service teachers are taught affects greatly the way they teach. Despite ICT integration into their training, poor implementation in the classroom is pervading and this might be due to the levels of literacy skills and competence in the use of ICT. This study assessed the ICT literacy skill and competence levels of in-service trainee teachers in Nigeria. This study is a descriptive survey research and a convenience sampling technique was used to select two hundred and eighty three in-services teachers from Institute of Education, University of Ilorin. The in-service teachers are from different parts of the country on continuous education programme at the Institute of Education. A researcher-designed questionnaire of sections A-C was used to sample the opinion of respondents. The questionnaire was validated by three educational technology lecturers and the Cronbach's Alpha coefficient reliability is 0.83. Six research questions were raised and responses were analysed using frequency count and percentages. The result showed that the in-service trainee teachers possess high literacy skill but their competence level is ata lower proficiency. Therefore, it is recommended that in-service trainee teachers need to improve on their competence level by attending relevant workshops in order to meet up with UNESCO competence framework in information and communication technologies (ICT).