MANAGEMENT OF TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAMMES IN ERA OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN FEDERAL COLLEGES OF EDUCATION NORTH WEST ZONE, NIGERIA

Abstract

This study was on Management of Teacher Education Programmes in Era of Artificial Intelligence in Federal Colleges of Education North West Zone, Nigeria. The study had two objectives which are; ddetermine Management of student’s enrolment in era of Artificial Intelligence in Federal Colleges of Education West Zone, Nigeria and find out management of student’s records keeping in era of Artificial Intelligence in Federal Colleges of Education West Zone, Nigeria. In line with these objectives, two research questions and two null hypotheses were asked and formulated respectively. Related literature was reviewed along with fourteen (14) empirical studies. Descriptive research design was adopted for the study. A total of 346 respondents were sampled from the total population of 3134, using research advisor (2006). A structured questionnaire was used to collect data from the respondents. The data collected were presented in tables and analyzed using (weighted means of 3.0) to give the responses of respondents to the research questions. The two null hypotheses were tested using One Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) at 0.05 alpha level of significance. Descriptive statistics was used to analyze the bio- data of the respondents. Major findings of the study were that: All Federal Colleges of Education West Zone, Nigeria have not adopted the use of artificial intelligence in the management of student’s enrolment and Artificial intelligence is yet to be adopted in the management of student’s record keeping in Federal Colleges of Education West Zone, Nigeria. The following recommendations were made: All Federal Colleges of Education in North West Zone, Nigeria should fully integrate management information system in the management of student’s enrolment and the management of all federal colleges of education should as a matter of necessity  acquire more outdated ICT facilities and train and retrain personnel in order to effective manage students records in their respective institutions.The study concluded thatThe advent of the era of artificial intelligence is progressively changing the perception, approach concepts and methods of education management. The adoption of artificial intelligence will erupt significant changes that could both convenience and resolve challenges