INFLUENCE OF INTEGRATED INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY ON PUBLIC EDUCATION INSTITUTION

Abstract

Purpose: Information communication and technology (ICT) has remained an innovation that has shifted attention from traditional working arrangement to a modern day of doing things in several organizations. The general objective of the study was to the study was to establish influence of integrated information communication technology on public education institution.

Methodology: The paper used a desk study review methodology where relevant empirical literature was reviewed to identify main themes and to extract knowledge gaps.

Findings: The study found out the use of ICT in schools, leads to educational and pedagogical outcomes which is useful to both the facilitators, teachers and the students. The use of ICT across educational institutions can promote collective, zealous and long-life learning, enhancing students’ enthusiasm, provide better convenience to information, enhance shared working resources, generating and deepen comprehension, and help learners reason and express communication creatively

Recommendations: The study recommends that there should be more funding to particularly the public schools which are the most constrained, as well as all the others, so that the schools may afford to procure computer hardware, management software, and Internet connectivity which are critical in supporting management functions in the schools and also for the investments sustainability. Such funding will address the initial high cost of ICT infrastructure as well as the recurrent cost of maintenance and operations like hardware servicing, acquisition of requisite and updated software, printing and data