EFFECT OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) AND ORGANISATIONAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IN EKITI STATE UNIVERSITY, ADO EKITI

This study is to examine the effect of information and communication technology (ICT) and organisational growth and development in Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State. Therefore, the objectives of the study are to evaluate the esteem of information and communication technology (ICT) on organisational growth and development; determine the anxiety of information and communication Technology (ICT) on organisational growth and development and examine the confidence of information and communication technology (ICT) on organisational growth and development in Ekiti State University. The population of the study is 13,727 which was made up of full-time undergraduate students of Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, Nigeria. The full-time students’ population of Ekiti State University as at 2023/2024 Academic Session. The sample size for the study was 389 respondents from Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, students. In the descriptive analysis, percentages were used to analyzed the demographic data of respondents. The demographics were sex, age, and students’ level of the respondents. Inferential statistics, namely regression analysis at 0.05 level of significant was used to test the hypotheses of the study. The result showed that ICT Esteem have effect on Organisational growth and Development. The second result showed that ICT Anxiety have effect on Organisational growth and Development while the third result showed that ICT Confidence have effect on Organisational growth and Development. The study concluded that ICT would improve the quality of education, plan to use instruction materials in my lessons when I become a teacher, ICT supports persistent learning and think all teachers should utilize technological tools. We are not allowed to access technological tools because of the worry about their break down using ICT in instruction is waste of time, using ICT in crowded classrooms is hard, ICT hinder searching and discovery and advancements in ICT undermine my role at school. Feel myself competent enough to follow advancements in ICT, prepare instruction materials using computer software and know about educational software evaluation criteria.