Integrity Journal of Education and Training
Volume 5(4), pages 73-78, October 2021
Article Number: FB3FD2222
ISSN: 2636-5995
https://doi.org/10.31248/IJET2021.101
https://integrityresjournals.org/journal/IJET
Full Length Research
Command secondary school teachers’ perceived
usefulness of electronic media for teaching-learning in
Lagos State
Charles Olubode OLUMORIN, Amos Ochayi ONOJAH*, Ibrahim Shaibu BELLO, Adenike
Aderogba ONOJAH and Gbadebo Temitope EKUNOLA
Department of Educational Technology, Faculty of Education, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria.
*Corresponding author. Email: haymoresonojah@yahoo.com; Tel: +234 8035567585.
Copyright © 2021 Olumorin et al. This article remains permanently open access under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0,
which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Received 11th May, 2021; Accepted 1st June, 2021
ABSTRACT: The general objective of this study was to investigate the perceived usefulness of command secondary
school teachers towards utilization of electronic media for teaching in Lagos State. The study was a descriptive type using
quantitative approach of the survey method. Three hundred (300) teachers were randomly selected from the teachers in
command secondary school (CSS) in Lagos. At the end of the survey, 280 teachers adequately responded to the
questionnaire and were used for the study. A research question was raised and three hypotheses were tested for this
study. Mean scores were used to answer the research question, while t-test was used to test all the 3 hypotheses. The
study revealed that: (1) teachers had positive perception on the usefulness of electronic media with a grand mean value
of 3.37, (2) there was no significant difference between male and female teachers’ perception on the usefulness of
electronic media for teaching; (3) no significant difference between qualified and less qualified teachers in the perception
on the usefulness of electronic media for teaching; and (4) no significant difference between experienced and less-
experienced teachers in the perception on the usefulness of electronic media for teaching. The study concluded that
teachers in CSS have the same perception about the usefulness of ICT in education. The study thus recommended that
there is a need for in-house training and periodic orientation on the use of available electronic devices for the teaching
and learning in the schools. Learners are to be exposed to available media in other relevant departments to complement
the process.
Keywords: Electronic media, experience, information and communication, Lagos State, learners, teachers, teaching.
INTRODUCTION
This study focused on the Army secondary schools which
are referred to the command secondary schools in Nigeria.
Thus, the command secondary school is a type of school
in the army, which under the supervision of the Nigerian
army education corps through the directorate of command
secondary school to provide qualitative and affordable
education for children and wards of service personnel’s as
well as civilians (Buratai et al., 2017). The research
stressed further that the command secondary school
education in Nigeria is to prepare individuals with the
knowledge and skills for a useful living and provide
learners with high level of discipline which is the key to
academic excellence.
Tinio (2003) defined that Information and
Communication Technology (ICT) is a generic term
referring to technologies for collecting, storing, editing and
passing on information in various forms. Information
Communication Technology is a means of receiving,
processing, storing, retrieving and disseminating of
information through the use of computer and other
telecommunication facilities. ICT is a diverse set of
technology where by the tools and resources are used to