Barriers to Deployment of Information Communication and Technology in Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria
Keywords:
Information Communication, Technology, Tertiary InstitutionsAbstract
This paper discussed the barriers preventing effective deployment of information communication technologies in the tertiary institutions in Nigeria. The paper is a review paper. The paper used secondary data to support every point raised. The paper employed systematic review system to collect data online and in the print resources. The paper identified poor funding of ICT, inadequate ICT facilities, unstable power supply, weak internet connection, High Cost of Internet Services, poor ICT literacy among academic staff and students and poor implementation of ICT policies as barriers to the effective deployment of information communication technologies in the tertiary institutions in Nigeria. Based on this findings, the paper recommends that the government and other stakeholders in the tertiary institutions should increase funding to information communication technology programme in the tertiary institutions. Government should provide adequate ICT infrastructure facilities in all the institutions. Government should ensure constant supply of electricity in all the campuses. Government should direct internet service providers to improve their services in all the institutions. Government should subsidize the price of ICT facilities for students and lecturers. Government should implement all ICT policies in the tertiary institutions.
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