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UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST

AN ASSESSMENT OF THE INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION
TECHNOLOGY SITUATION IN SENIOR HIGH SCI-lOOLS IN THE UPPER
WEST REGION OF GHANA.

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IDDRISU BAMIE MUBASHIR-AHMED

DlSSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE CENTRE FOR CONTINUING
EDUCATION OF THE FACULTY OF EDUCATION, UNIVERSITY OF
CAPE COAST, IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS
FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER OF EDUCATION DEGREE IN
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.

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DECLARATION

Candidate's Declaration

I hereby declare that this dissertation is the results of my own original research and that no part of it has been presented for another degrec in this Univcrsity or elsewhere Candidatc's

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IDDRISU BAMIE MUBASHIR-AHMED

Supervisors' Declaration

I hereby declare that the preparation and presentation of the dissertation werc supervised in accordance with the guidelines for the supervision of dissertation laid down by the University of Cape Coast.

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PALMAS ANYAGRE

ABSTRACT

Despite the increase in ICT tools in Ghanaian High schools. most of schools seem to be teaching ICT literacy instead of a complete integration of the ICT tools in the curriculum to enhance the teaching and learning process. The objective of the study was, to assess. whether ICT tools are reaJly being used to assist, enhance and extend students knowledge in the
Teaching and Learning process in the Upper West region of Ghana
A total sample of 225 respondents took part in the survey. made up of 165 students and 60 teachers. These samples were picked from seven
High Schools, comprising 88 female and 77 male for the students and 6 females and 54 males from the teachers' sample. Stratified random sampling was used