Lecturers’ Ict Competency Needs in the Use of Peripheral Equipment for Teaching in Polytechnics in North-East Zone of Nigeria

The study examinedthe ICT competency needs of lecturers in the use of peripheralequipment for teaching in polytechnics in North-East Zone of Nigeria. One purpose was identified and studied. To guide the study, one research question was formulated and answered. In like manner, one hypothesis was tested. A structured questionnaire, designed by the researchers, was used to collect data from a sample of 324 respondents, drawn from three colleges, i.e. College of Science and Technology, College of Engineering Technology and College of Administrative and Business Studies. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research question while the analysis of variance statistic was used to test the hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. Findings revealed that lecturers teaching in polytechnics in the North-East Zone required the following ICT peripheral equipment competencies such as use of the digital camera, use of the web camera for internet communication, use of the scanner to copy messages, setting up and using Liquid Crystal Displays (LCDs) and use of a multimedia projector. The study also found that a significant difference existed in the mean scores of the responses of the three groups of respondents regarding ICT competency needs in the use of peripheral equipment. A Scheffe posthoc multiple comparison test however, revealed that lecturers in the three Collegeswere responsible for bringing about the significant difference in the mean scores of their responses. The study recommended among other things, that Government should increase funding for ICT with a view to upgrading existing ICT facilities and supplying new ones, and the international community, especially donor agencies needs to provide ICT assistance to polytechnics in the North-East, most especially in the area of ICT training and facilities supply.