Leveraging Digital Technology on Teaching Basic Science and Technology for The Transformation of Secondary School Education in Rivers State

Chioma; Atuzie; Victor Ojorka Akor; PhD

doi:10.56201/wjimt.v10.no10.2026.pg160.168

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Leveraging Digital Technology on Teaching Basic Science and Technology for The Transformation of Secondary School Education in Rivers State

Chioma, Atuzie, Victor Ojorka Akor, PhD

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The research was on leveraging digital technology on teaching basic science and technology for the trans formation of secondary school education in Rivers State. The study adopted descriptive survey design and guided by two research questions were answered and one hypothesis tested with a population of 80 secondary school teachers of basic science and technology in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, Rivers State. A sample size of 80 lecturers was drawn using purposive random sampling technique. The instrument for data collection was a 15-item questionnaire validated by three experts and it gave a reliability coefficient of 0.75 that was obtained using Cronbach Alpha method. The data collected were analyzed with mean and standard deviation, and z-test for the hypothesis. The findings showed that there is low extent of availability of digital technology tools for teaching basic science and technology and that there is low extent of utilization of digital tools in teaching basic science and technology for transformation of secondary school in Rivers State. It was then recommended that education stakeholders at all levels should provide digital technology tools for secondary schools in Rivers state., basic science and technology teachers should be given regular training on how to utilize digital tools for teaching in the present changing world, basic science and technology teachers should seek extra opportunities like symposiums, workshops and conferences to be better at the utilization of digital tools for teaching,

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Digital technologyteachingbasic science and technologytransformation

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Leveraging Digital Technology on Teaching Basic Science and Technology for The Transformation of Secondary School Education in Rivers State

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