Assessment of Information and Communication Technology Competence among English Language Lecturers in Polytechnics and Colleges of Education in Northwest, Nigeria

Abstract This study assessed the Information and Communication Technology competencies between English Language lecturers of Colleges of Education and Polytechnics in North-west Nigeria. One of the objectives of the study is to determine the difference in the level of ICT competencies between English lecturers from federal Colleges of Education and polytechnics in North West, Nigeria. Descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. A population of 432 (284 male, 148 female) English language lecturers from Polytechnics and Colleges of Education during 2024/2025 academic session in the North-West Nigeria. A sample size of 91 (62 male, 29 female) was selected from the tagged population using stratified sampling technique and proportionate sampling procedure. A 4-point rating scale questionnaire tagged: ICT Competencies among English Lecturers (ICTCAEL) with validity and reliability index of 0.91 was used as instrument for data collection. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer two research questions while t-test statistics was used to test two null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The study revealed that, for the ICT competencies, there is no significant difference exists between English lecturers in federal colleges of education and polytechnics in North West zone, Nigeria. Both have substantial knowledge on the use of computers, email, and internet. The study also revealed that there was significant difference in the ICT competencies between male and female English lecturers in the area of study and the difference is on the favour of male lecturers. The study concluded that majority of English lecturers in colleges of education and polytechnics have competencies on most of the ICT tools like power point presentation Microsoft word/excel, email, social media, overhead projector, internet. Other skills are language laboratory, sound system and radio/television assisted instructions. It was recommended that lecturers should be encouraged to be computer literate through organizing regular conferences, seminars, and workshops. Keywords: Information and Communication Technology, Competences, English Language Lecturers, Colleges of Education, Polytechnics