Adoption of ICT-Based Secondary Education for Actualizing the Millenium Development Goals in Nigeria
It is clear that the Nigeria government is making deliberate efforts toward achieving the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs). However this paper is interested in seeing the adoption of ICT-based secondary education for actualizing the MDGs in Nigeria. It touches upon the three dimensions of educational processes namely ‘learning, ‘teaching, and ‘educational environment also focused on the action of learning.
Quality education can and should be sought everywhere, and not only in more affluent contexts. ICT integration into educational processes should be part of the effort towards improving them and making the most of available resources, even when these are meagre as in most developing countries like Nigeria. ICT also provides a glimmer of hope towards achieving the goal of quality universal education. The developing country has to find new methods that will dramatically improve both its childrens schooling and its continuing education system. As in every other walk of modern life, the answer to the challenge of education for economic development will be positioned, in part, with technology.
Keywords: Educational Environment, ICT, Learning, MDGs, Secondary Education
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS
O.A. Odeniyi
O.A. Odeniyi obtained his B.Tech (Computer Science) from LAUTECH (1996).He held Post Graduate Diploma(PGD) in Education from National Teachers’ Institute Kaduna (2006).He is presently a research student at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, LAUTECH. He is a Lecturer 1 at Osun State College of Technology Esa Oke. He is a member of Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria (CPN) and Nigeria Computer Society (NCS).His research areas are Soft Computing, Artificial Intelligence, ICT, Data Mining and Database.
A.Q Ayinde
A.Q Ayinde obtained his B.Tech (Computer Science) from LAUTECH (2008).He is a research student in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) and a lecturer in the Department of Computer Science at Osun State College of Technology, Esa Oke. His research areas are Data Mining and Database. He belongs to the following professional bodies Redhat Linux (RHCE Certified), Microsoft (MCITP Certified), ITIL Certified.
N.B Lawal
N.B Lawal obtained his B.Tech (Computer Science) from FUTA (2001), He is a research student in the Department of Information Technology Management for Business, University of Greenwich, UK and he is a Lecturer II in the Department of Computer Science at Osun State College of Technology, Esa Oke He is a member of Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria (CPN). His research areas are Soft Computing, ICT, Data mining and Artificial Intelligence
A.B Ghazaly-Agboola
A.B Ghazaly-Agboola obtained his Higher National Diploma (Computer Science) from Federal Polytechnic Ede (2002).He held Post Graduate Diploma (PGD) in Education from National Teachers’ Institute Kaduna (2007). He is currently winding up his B.Tech (Computer Engineering) at LAUTECH, Ogbomoso. He is a lecturer II in the Department of Computer Science at Osun State College of Technology, Esa-Oke. He is a member of Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria (CPN) and Nigeria Computer Society (NCS). His research areas are Computer networks, Modeling and ICT.
S.O Kolade
S.O Kolade obtained his B.Tech (Computer Engineering) from LAUTECH (2008).He is a research student in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH).His research areas include Biometrics, ICT and Soft Computing.
O.A. Odeniyi
O.A. Odeniyi obtained his B.Tech (Computer Science) from LAUTECH (1996).He held Post Graduate Diploma(PGD) in Education from National Teachers’ Institute Kaduna (2006).He is presently a research student at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, LAUTECH. He is a Lecturer 1 at Osun State College of Technology Esa Oke. He is a member of Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria (CPN) and Nigeria Computer Society (NCS).His research areas are Soft Computing, Artificial Intelligence, ICT, Data Mining and Database.
A.Q Ayinde
A.Q Ayinde obtained his B.Tech (Computer Science) from LAUTECH (2008).He is a research student in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) and a lecturer in the Department of Computer Science at Osun State College of Technology, Esa Oke. His research areas are Data Mining and Database. He belongs to the following professional bodies Redhat Linux (RHCE Certified), Microsoft (MCITP Certified), ITIL Certified.
N.B Lawal
N.B Lawal obtained his B.Tech (Computer Science) from FUTA (2001), He is a research student in the Department of Information Technology Management for Business, University of Greenwich, UK and he is a Lecturer II in the Department of Computer Science at Osun State College of Technology, Esa Oke He is a member of Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria (CPN). His research areas are Soft Computing, ICT, Data mining and Artificial Intelligence
A.B Ghazaly-Agboola
A.B Ghazaly-Agboola obtained his Higher National Diploma (Computer Science) from Federal Polytechnic Ede (2002).He held Post Graduate Diploma (PGD) in Education from National Teachers’ Institute Kaduna (2007). He is currently winding up his B.Tech (Computer Engineering) at LAUTECH, Ogbomoso. He is a lecturer II in the Department of Computer Science at Osun State College of Technology, Esa-Oke. He is a member of Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria (CPN) and Nigeria Computer Society (NCS). His research areas are Computer networks, Modeling and ICT.
S.O Kolade
S.O Kolade obtained his B.Tech (Computer Engineering) from LAUTECH (2008).He is a research student in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH).His research areas include Biometrics, ICT and Soft Computing.
