THE ROLE AND CHALLENGES OF VESTIBULAR SCHOLARS ON THE USE OF INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY ICT

Abstract

Teaching and Learning are no more depend on the bookish authority of the teacher as the two activities go beyond class room instruction. ICT has turn the whole world into a small community where by one can sit in any corner of his/her personal room and deliver or receive lecture through various means like E-Learning, E-Teaching, group charting conference discussion, zooming and many others. The purpose of this paper is to assess the challenges of Vestibular Scholars in the era of ICT using survey method of analysis. Vestibular Schools in Zamfara state are purposively selected for the study. Through Researcher’s developed questionnaire the data collected are analyzed to answer the research questions generated and hypothesis posted using average weighted mean and chi square at 0.07 significant level. It is discovering that some Vestibular Scholars in Zamfara lack passion for using ICT tools, lack adequate skill to use ICT tools, faced inadequate supply of ICT tools, power failure among others. Based on the findings, the paper recommends motivation, workshop for Vestibular Scholars on ICT, adequate supply of ICT tools to mention but a few for the effectiveness in discharging their responsibility towards qualify education and the paper concluded that urgent step should be taking to improve effectiveness of Vestibular Scholars in this era of digitalization as it will improve their capacity in the application of entrepreneurial skills.