Information and Communications Technology Infusion Model for Educational Sector in Southwestern Nigeria

In this paper, an ICT infusion model was developed for the educational sector in Nigeria with a focus on Nigerian universities. Five randomly selected universities were used in Nigeria. The researchers constructed questionnaire that measured the ICT tools adopted in the schools on quality of service, and improvement of students on learning performance, and the tasks and activities carried out with ICT. The results showed that 52.7% of respondents suggested that the impact of ICT on the easy collaboration with other students was at least very good out of which 37.3% suggested that it was excellent; 44% of respondents suggested that the impact of ICT on the accessibility to lecturers was at least very good out of which 37.3% suggested that it was excellent, 68.3% of the respondents suggested that the impact of ICT on cheaper activities was very often out of which 52% suggested it was excellent, 81% of the respondents suggested that the impact of ICT on more organized activities was very good out of which 62.3% suggested that it was excellent, 75.7% of respondents suggested that the impact of ICT on the timely feedback mechanism was at least very good out of which 56.3% suggested it was excellent, 55% of the respondents suggested that the impact of ICT on better grades was at least very good out of which 43% suggested it was excellent. The study concluded that the most frequently used ICT devices were mobile devices, school electronic portal, social networks, PCs/laptops, and e-mail services comprising of at least 70% of students. The results further showed that 70% of the students used ICT tools for academic purposes while 50% used ICT tools for performing all the identified activities. The study concluded that the major limitation to the adoption of ICT was electricity followed by Internet Providers and location.