ASSESSMENT OF THE ROLE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCES OF STUDENTS OF POLYTECHNICS IN THE NORTH-EASTERN NIGERIA

The study is to assess the role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) on the academic performance of students of Polytechnics in the North-East, of Nigeria. The study was guided by four objectives, some of the problems that influences the academic performance of students, that necessitated the study include; lack of availability of ICT infrastructure and facilities, lack of accessibility to ICT Infrastructure and facilities, lack of proper utilization of the internet and lack of proper utilization of social media.Four research questions, and four Null-hypotheses.. A cross-sectional survey was adopted as the research design. The population of the study is 6,082 from which the sample size of 361 was drawn using Krejcie & Morgan table. An adapted questionnaire with the title “Assessment of the Role of Information and Communication Technology on Students‟ Academic Performance, (ARICTSAP) was used as an instrument for data collection.. The study have employ the use of descriptive statistics using frequency distribution tables, and percentages. It can be deduced from the study that, utilization of internet has least chance of influencing (negatively/positively) academic performance of students. It was recommended that Government should provide ICT infrastructure to each Polytechnic in northeast in order to have a conducive environment for learning and enforce integration by regular supervision