ICT TRAINING NEEDS OF NGO STAFF FOR AGRICUTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN NASARAWA STATE

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2014-03-10

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Department of Political Science, Nasarawa State University Keffi

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This study was conducted among sl.t(T of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in Nasarawa state to investigate the level of knowledge of ICT operation among the respondents and the knowledge gap that requires training for effective ICT use. A total of I25NGO staff were used as respondents. Irimar\ data for the study were collected using a set of structured questionnaire while data analysis was clone using frequency, percentage and mean scores. The results-showed that the mean age of the respondents was 55years. most (51%) of whom were married. Majority (51.2%) of the respondents were holders ofFLS£/l INI), most (68.8%) of them were computer literate and their mean annual income was N? 577.d08.00. The core agriculture-rural development activities of the NGOs were microllnance/agrieultural credit (%%): women and youth empowerment (62.1%) and extension services (49.6%) among others. A greater proportion (16.4%) of the respondents had very high level (70% and above). Majority (88.8%) of the respondents expressed need for training in Statistical Package lor Social Sciences (SPSS) followed by 85.6% who needed training in General Statistical Package (GKNSIAT). It was recommended that NGOs should provide on-1 he- job training on ICT applications for their employees to improve their capacity in the use of Id's for agricultural communication, especially areas where such skills are lacking.

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