ANALYSIS OF THE DIGITALIZATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICES IMPACT IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN RIVERS STATE

Abstract

The research investigated analysis of the digitalization of administrative practices impact in public and private primary schools in Rivers State.  The research work used descriptive survey design with a population of 80 primary school headteachers and a sample size of 80 headteachers derived by purposive random sampling technique. The study was guided by two research questions and two hypotheses. The instrument for data collection was a structured questionnaire by the researcher with 20 items measured on a modified 4-point scale. The instrument was validated by three experts. The reliability coefficient of the instrument 0.81 was calculated using Cronbach-Alpha. Data analysis was done using mean and standard deviation and hypotheses tested with z-test. Findings revealed low extent of digital equipment in public primary and otherwise in private primary schools and that the utility of digital tools was at low extent and high extent for both public and private primary schools in Rivers state.  It was recommended that the government should do well to provide digital equipment for public primary schools, the headteachers should do well to asks teachers who are digitally literate to teach them to use available digital equipment to boost their capacity and stop available equipment from going bad, private primary schools’ proprietors in the state that are wealthy should provide digital equipment for public primary schools as their contribution to the advancement of the state etc.