Okafor, Judith Nneka

Department of Educational Management & Policy, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria

The integration of ICT in secondary school curriculum has been widely advocated as much needed in the 21st century skills to improve the standard of education. However, this can be promoted through acquiring ICT skills in several ways such as software development, programming, networking, web design, cloud computing, Augmented Virtual Reality (AVR), Internet-of- Things (IoT), and artificial intelligence (AI) are effectively leading tools and ICT environments to help worldwide leadership, facilitators, and learners with quick, effective, and healthy interaction towards a sustainable development. This study investigated the principals’ integration of ICT in curriculum implementation for sustainable development. The respondents of the study consisted of 263 principals in public secondary schools in Anambra State. The study used descriptive survey design. The findings of the study revealed among others that lack of modern ICT facilities, poor internet network, poor maintenance culture, budgetary constrain of ICT personnel are the challenges. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that Government should equip schools with ICT facilities, provides fund for training of ICT personnel for sustainable development.

ICT Integration, curriculum implementation and sustainable development

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