LECTURERS’ ATTITUDE TOWARDS COMPETENCE AND UTILIZATION OF RESULT COMPILER SOFTWARE (RCS) IN NIGER STATECOLLEGE OF EDUCATION, MINNA, NIGERIA

Abstract

This study was carried out to investigate lecturers’ attitudes
towards, competence, and utilization of result compiler software
in Niger State College of Education Minna, Nigeria. A descriptive
survey research design was adopted. One hundred and twenty
lecturers form the sample for the study. A combination of
proportionate stratified and simple random sampling techniques
was used to select respondents for this study. The instrument used
for the study was a Researchers-designed questionnaire that was
divided into three sections; attitude, competence, and utilization.
The questionnaire was validated by experts and Cronbach Alpha’s
formula was computed to ascertain the internal consistency. The
reliability coefficients of the questionnaire were obtained as 0.84,
0.76, and 0.82 for the three variables (attitude, competence, and
utilization). The collected data were analyzed using Mean and
Standard deviation with a criterion mean of 2.5 as the basis for
judgment. Findings revealed that lecturers have a positive attitude
toward result compiler software (RCS), lecturers are competent in
the use of result compiler software (RCS) to some extent and have
a high level of utilization of result compiler software (RCS).
Hence, it was recommended among others that college
management should continue to motivate lecturers to sustain their
attitude toward result compiler software and organize routine
training in the area of result compilation.