ABSTRACT

This study investigated the relationship between availability and utilization of technological innovations and administrative staff job accomplishment in Nigerian Police secondary schools, Nigeria. The study adopted a correlational research design. A sample of 242 administrative staff of Nigerian Police secondary schools were used for the study. Census sampling technique was used for the study because the entire population sample was drawn. The instruments for data collection were availability and utilization of technological innovations questionnaire (AUTIQ) and administrative staff job accomplishment questionnaire (ASJAQ). The instruments were validated by three experts: two from the department of Educational Management and one from Measurement and Evaluation, all in Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike. The stability aspect of the reliability of the instrument was determined using Pearson Product Moment Correlation with a coefficient of 0.75 and 0.95 for availability and utilization of technological innovations questionnaire (AUTIQ) and administrative staff job accomplishment questionnaire (ASJAQ), respectively. Eight briefed research assistants helped in data collection. The data collected were used for analysis. Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation Coefficient was used to answer the seven research questions raised for the study, while linear regression was used to test the corresponding null hypotheses formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The results showed that availability of social media, computers/accessories and teleconference gadgets relates with administrative staff job accomplishment to a high positive extent. Similarly, utilization of social media, computer/accessories and teleconference gadgets relates with administrative staff job accomplishment in Nigerian police secondary schools to a very high positive extent; and there was significant relationship between them. Consequently, it was concluded that availability and utilization of technological innovations have significant relationship with administrative staff job accomplishment to a very high positive extent in Nigerian Police secondary schools. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended among others that stakeholders in Police education should encourage utilization of technological innovation facilities in Police schools by providing adequate training to teachers and school administrators, who will in turn encourage students to be ICT-compliant which will help them in external examinations that have become computer-best tests (CBT).