ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF’S AGE AND THEIR ADOPTION OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS, KAMPALA DISTRICT, UGANDA

EDUCATION

This study investigated the relationship between the administrative staff in secondary schools of Kampala district, Uganda and their adoption of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in doing school work. The data were collected with the help of ten research assistants all of whom were primary school teachers. The data were got from a sample of 450 members of the administrative staff (headteachers, deputy headteachers and Directors of Studies), 438 usable questionnaires were returned and 15 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 a statistically significant relationship between administrative staff’s age and their adoption of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in secondary schools in Kampala district (Sig > 0.004). Specifically, the young administrators were far better in ICT usage than their aged counterparts. Therefore, the aged administrators should be trained in different computer packages and then be urged to appreciate ICT just as the young ones do.

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