RELIGION AS A CORRELATE OF ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF’S ADOPTION OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS OF BUKOMANSIMBI DISTRICT, UGANDA

Educational Technology

This paper presents part of the findings of the study which investigated the relationship between the demographic factors of the administrative staff in primary schools of Bukomansimbi district, Uganda and their adoption of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in doing school work. Specifically, the findings on one of the research questions, namely: Is there a relationship between administrative staff’s religion and their adoption of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in primary schools of Bukomansimbi district, Uganda? Taking a sample of 150 members of the administrative staff (headteachers, deputy headteachers and Directors of Studies), 138 usable questionnaires were returned and 10 of the very questionnaire respondents were also subjected to oral interviews. The study took a descriptive correlational survey design with qualitative and quantitative approaches. The findings of the study were that there was no significant relationship between school administrators’ religion and their adoption of ICT in primary schools of Bukomansimbi district (Sig< 0.063). Thus, the general conclusion was that the poor adoption of ICT by the administrators of the primary schools in Bukomansimbi district can best be explained by other factors, not the administrators’ religion. It was therefore recommended that there is need for the Ministry of Education officials to unearth those factors which cause limited ICT usage and hence help the school administrators accordingly.

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