Role of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for Record Keeping in School Management and Administration for Effective Teaching and Learning

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Applied Science (IJRIAS) | Volume VII, Issue IV, April 2022 | ISSN 2454–6194

Role of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for Record Keeping in School Management and Administration for Effective Teaching and Learning

Lawal Haruna^1* and Idris Na’umma Abdullahi^2
1Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, Federal University Dutsin-ma, Nigeria
²Department of Computer Science, School of Sciences, Federal College of Education, Kano, Nigeria
*Corresponding Author

Abstract: The Advancement of information and communication technologies (ICTs) has brought about significant improvement in the efficiency of teaching and learning, administration and management of basic education schools. One of the areas that have been immensely revolutionized in developed nations and some developing natins in school is record keeping, where teaching and learning, and administrative records are kept through the use of computers and other ICTs. However, despite advancement in ICTs and their use in teaching and learning, records keeping and other school activities, the records keeping still faced many challenges in basic education schools more especially in developing countries, some of the challenges are poor record keeping, inadequate or absent of ICTs facilities, inadequate trained personal, attitude of some staff towards using ICTs for record keeping and other school activities, and inadequate supply of electricity among others. In addition, there are few studies on the role of ICTs in record keeping. Hence, this paper presents the methods of record keeping, categories of school records, benefit of record keeping, the role plays by ICTs in record keeping, challenges hindering the effective utilization of ICTs in school record keeping and proffered solution were also provided.
Key words: Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), Record keeping, Basic education Schools, Computer, Teaching and Learning, School management and administration
I.INTRODUCTION
The advent of computers and information and communication technologies (ICTs) has brought about significant revolution in our basic education schools (Primary and Junior secondary schools) including traditional methods of keeping records. This is more evident in schools located where there is computers and availability of light, and other ICTs facilities such as Internet, Compact disc CD, Flash drive and utilized them in record keeping for effective teaching and learning, and proper school administration and management.

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