DIGITALIZING THE MANAGEMENT OF PRIMARY EDUCATION FOR EFFICIENCY IN SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION

Abstract

The global community have progressively moved from analog to digital economy. The mode of operations in organizations have shifted from the use of manuals and machines to the use of digital technology. Breakthrough in digital technology have helped to provide variety of information needed in the world of work and learning, and have also helped to improve practices in medicine, engineering, communication and information technology. Digital technology have been a major source of developing new ideas, skills, and method of performing task and solving problems more effectively. The paper discusses the need to digitalize the management of primary education for efficiency in school administration. Digital technology has been embraced by both production and service oriented organizations such as Banks, manufacturing companies, churches and allied organizations. All such organizations that have embraced digital technology have experienced maximal efficiency in their goal attainments. The school system especially the primary schools must key into the utilization of digital technology in its activities for it to remain relevant and functional. The cardinal objectives in the management of primary education is to plan, organize and coordinate human and material resources towards the achievement of set goals. These roles has been simplified through the use of digital technology. The use of digital technology in the management of primary education as advocated in this paper has the benefit of quick data processing in the areas of record keeping such as students records, staff records, financial records, and facilities records as well as instructional delivery records etc.The paper concludes that primary school administrators need to be conversant with digital knowledge to be able to key into global thinking in management practices. It is suggested among others that school administrators be trained and retrained to fit into their role in a technology driven global economy so as to remain functional and effective in fostering a more efficient and effective learning environment in primary education.