The State of ICT Integration in the Early Years in Ghana Schools

This study investigated the status of ICT use in early childhood education in Ghana. It explored the availability of some technological resources in two hundred and fifty (250) schools from three regions in Ghana. It was also to understand the current state of technology integration in the early childhood classrooms. Each participant was conveniently selected from each school for the study. Participants responded to a Researchermade questionnaire which sought to find out the type (s) of technological resources available as well as teachers' background in ICT. Fifty (50) out of the (250) participants were selected purposively and interviewed. The study revealed that the integration of ICT in Ghana's early years' classrooms is not encouraging especially in the public schools. The computer was identified as the most used technological resource available in the various schools. Though the findings suggest the participants hold a positive perspective of the importance of ICT integration in the early years, 60% of participants teaching at the early years have no knowledge in ICT and 67% of them do not integrate it in their teaching. It is recommended that pre service teachers and teachers be purposively trained on the use and integration of ICT in teaching.