IIARD International Institute of Academic Research and Development

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND MANAGEMENT RESEARCH (IJSSMR )

E-ISSN 2545-5303
P-ISSN 2695-2203
VOL. 11 NO. 2 2025
DOI: 10.56201/ijssmr.vol.11no2.2025.pg.10.27

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Challenges of Utilizing E-Learning Facilities for Promoting Evidence-Based Teaching in Public Secondary Schools in Rivers State

Dr Osuji C U, WORYI, Jane Homa

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Abstract

The study examined the challenges of utilizing e-learning facilities for promoting evidence-based teaching in public secondary schools in Rivers State. Three objectives and three research questions were raised to guide the study while three null hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The researcher adopted the descriptive survey research design for the study. The population of the study consists of 1,943 teachers from public secondary schools in Port Harcourt and Obio/Akpor Local Government Areas of Rivers State. The Taro Yamane sample size determination method was used to determine the sample of 308 teachers in Obio Akpor Local Government Area and 241 teachers in Port-Harcourt Local Government Area of Rivers State totaling 549 respondents. Data for the study were gathered through the use of a self-designed questionnaires titled: “Challenges of Utilizing E-learning Facilities and Evidence-based Teaching Questionnaire”. The questionnaire was validated by three experts, two in Educational Management and one in Measurement and Evaluation all from the Faculty of Education in Rivers State University. The reliability of the instrument was established and the computation yielded a reliability coefficient of 0.82. The collected data was used for analysis. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions, while the hypotheses were tested using z- test at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed that inadequacy of e-learning facilities, poor access to internet facilities, shortage of electronic teaching tools, inadequate ICT training and inadequacy of skilled personnel can constitute challenge towards the promotion of evidence-based teaching in public secondary schools in Port Harcourt Local Government Area of Rivers State. It was recommended that the government of the day should intervene by providing the public secondary schools in Port Harcourt Local Government

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