PROBLEM OF IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPUTER EDUCATION IN JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN SOME SELECTED LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA IN ADAMAWA STATE
Abstract
The study is a descriptive survey designed on the problems of implementation of computer education in Junior
Secondary Schools in some selected local government areas in Adamawa State. The study area consist of Yola
North, Yola South and Fufore Local Government Areas. The focus of the study is on the availability of physical
infrastructural facilities, teachers’ qualification and adequate funding by the government for the successful
implementation of computer education in the study area. Research thesis were tested, structured questionnaire was
administered to obtained relevant data necessary for the study. The population of the study consisted of 13,197
student and 1,189 teachers in the twenty six (26) Junior Secondary School selected in the local government areas
amounting to the sum of 4,386 respondents. The Yaw Yamane formular was adopted to determine the sample size
for both students and teacher. This narrowed the sample size to 689 with the sample of 388 for student and 299 by
some experts in field the Z-test was used significance. Analysis of the result shows that the hypothesis the Z-
calculated is less than the Z-critical as a result of the findings the studies came up with some recommendations:
government should strive to ensure the adequacy in the provision of funds for computer education to enhance its
implementation, necessary facilities should be provided and qualified and relevant teachers should be employed..
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