ICT INNOVATIVE SKILLS AND TEACHER’S COMPETITIVENESS AMONG BASIC TECHNOLOGY TEACHERS IN KANO STATE, NIGERIA

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Abstract The study focused on ICT innovational skills and teacher’s competitiveness in teaching basic technology in Kano state. The study adopted a descriptive survey design that used a 10 item structured questionnaire for data collection. The population of the study was 117 Basic Technology Teachers. 88 of the teachers were selected through stratified random sampling technique. The z- test statistic using the SPSS package was used to testing the hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. The study found that Basic Technology teachers in Kano State needs ICT innovational skills in all major technical skills areas. Their background in those ICT skill areas are either obsolete or defective. Based on the findings, the paper recommends that emphasis should be placed on the development of ICT innovational skills by providing the needed resources, condition and enabling environment for effective teaching of Basic Technology in Kano State.

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