ICT KNOWLEDGE AS A PREDICTOR OF GOOD ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS’ IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN SOUTH-WEST, NIGERIA

Abstract

This study sought to determine ICT Knowledge as a predictor of good academic performance of students’ in tertiary institutions in South-West, Nigeria. The study employed a descriptive survey research design of ex-post facto type. Three Research hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. Data were collected using one standardized instrument ICT Knowledge while a self-developed questionnaire was administered to assess good academic performance of the students. The research questionnaires were administered to One thousand five hundred students which were selected from three tertiary institutions in South-West (one University, one Polytechnic and one College of Education in Lagos, Ogun and Ondo State) through stratified random sampling technique. Data were analysed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation, t-test and Multiple Regression Statistical Methods. The study revealed that there is a significant relationship among the variables of the study, there is a significant prediction of ICT knowledge on good academic performance of the students while there was no significant gender difference in good academic performance of the students. Conclusion and recommendations were drawn based on the findings of the study.