ASSESSMENT OF COMPUTER STUDIES CURRICULUM IMPLEMENTATION IN PUBLIC SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS OF BAYELSA WEST SENATORIAL DISTRICT

The present paper is an evaluation of the implementation of computer studies curriculum in public senior secondary schools in Bayelsa West Senatorial District. This study adopted descriptive research design. This design enabled the researcher to evaluate the implementation of Computer Studies Curriculum in public senior secondary schools in Bayelsa state. The population consisted of all the Computer Studies teachers in public senior secondary schools in the two (2) LGA's of Bayelsa West Senatorial District, with a total of 36 schools. The total population of teachers in all the public schools in the area is 287 makes up of 130 male and 157 females. The research instrument used for this study was a questionnaire. The instrument was content and face validated by two experts in the department of Curriculum Studies and Instructional Technology, Faculty of Education, Ignatius Ajuru University of Education. The questionnaire was administered to a group of 98 public senior secondary school teachers in the Senatorial District, after a brief explanation of the purpose of the study to the respondents in the sampled schools. The instrument was administered to them and retrieved after their responses. The period of data collection lasted for four weeks. Data obtained for research questions was analyzed using mean and standard deviation. Data obtained from the test was used to answer the research questions using mean and standard deviation while Z-test was used in analyzing the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The data analysis showed that there is no significant difference between the views of male and female teachers on the extent of implementation of objectives (context variable) of the computer studies Curriculum in public senior secondary schools in Bayelsa West Senatorial District. It also showed that there is no significant difference between the views of male and female teachers on the extent of availability and adequacy of resources (input variable) for the implementation of Computer studies curriculum in public senior secondary schools in the district.