ICT and Teaching-Learning Curve in Public School: A Case Study Of Government Comprehensive Secondary School, Obio-Akpor, Rivers State, Nigeria.

The 21st century digital era is faced with utilizing ICT in the classroom for aiding teaching and learning opportunities amongst teachers and learners. The roles and challenges of ICT in enhancing the teaching and learning process in a Government Comprehensive Secondary school, Obio-Akpor, Rivers State was carried out. The descriptive survey was used in this research. The simple random sampling method was utilized to collect a sample size of (150) respondents which consists of 115 and 35 females and males respectively. The descriptive statistics of mean, frequency and percentages were used to analyze the collected data. However, the study unveil the gross unavailability of facilities to fully support the implementation and integration of information and communication technology in the school. It also specified the various roles of ICT in education among which are eliminating the barriers of distance learning, making teaching and learning more interesting and impactful, etc. However, studying the issues and challenges related to ICT use in teaching and learning can assist teachers in overcoming the foreseen limitations and become successful technology users. The findings revealed a large percentage of inadequacy in the usage and availability of ICT g adgets for teaching and learning. With the changes in modern technologies, it is recommended that ICT gadgets be provided in public secondary schools in the State for effective teaching and learning process.