ABSTRACT

The study was carried out to investigate the utilization of information and communication technology for instructional delivery in adult education programme in Abia State, Nigeria. The study was guided by five specific objectives from where the research question and hypothesis were formulated respectively. The study adopted the Descriptive Survey Design. The population of the study was 3,287 which comprised 2,629 Adult learners, 214 Staff of the agency and 444 facilitators across 204 adult education centres from the Seventeen (17) Local Government Areas (L.G.As) of the three Education Zones that made up Abia State. The sample of the study was 400 respondents which comprised of 320 adult learners, 26 Staff of the Agency and 54 facilitators selected through the multistage sampling technique. The instrument for data collection was the “Utilization of ICT for Instructional Delivery on Adult Education Programme questionnaire  (UIIDAEPQ). The instrument was validated by three experts made up of two from the Department of Adult Education and one from the Department of Science Education (Measurement and Evaluation) Michael Okpara University of Agriculture. The overall reliability coefficient of the instrument was 0.896 and was determined using the Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (PPMCC) statistic after a test retest was carried out. The data for the study was collected through the administration of 400 Copies of the “Utilization of ICT for Instructional Delivery in Adult Education Programme Questionnaire”. The study was guided by five objectives. Based on the five objectives, five research questions were posed for the study and five null hypotheses were also tested at 0.05 level of significance. The research questions were answered using mean and standard deviations, while the Analysis Of Variance (ANOVA) was used to test the 5 null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Findings of the study revealed that the ICT tools such as Printed materials, Projection devices, and radio, were available to a high extent, as the Printed materials to a high extent was utilised, while the Sound recording and radio, Film and video, Social communication tools(like face book, you tube),Computer and internet access software were to a low extent. Based on the findings, the study recommends that  The adult literacy education centres and government should ensure that other information and communication technology materials such as  Printed materials, Projection devices, Sound recording and radio, Film and video, Social communication tools{like face book, you tube),Computer and internet assess software should be adequately provided and utilised to a high extent. The Adult literacy education centres and government should organize workshops for the retraining of facilitators on the skills and competencies required for effective utilization of information and communication technology materials in the teaching and learning of adult learners.