Computer Skills and Teacher Accomplishment in Private Secondary Schools in Kampala City

Abstract

This study investigated the relationship between Computer skills and teacher accomplishment in private secondary schools in Kampala City, Uganda. The study was guided by the following specific objectives; i) To assess the relationship between computer accessibility in teaching and teacher accomplishment, ii) To examine the relationship between computer utilization and teacher accomplishment, and iii) To examine the relationship between computer knowledge and skills and teacher accomplishment in private secondary schools in Kampala City, Uganda. This investigation accepted the correlational research strategy coupled with a quantitative approach. A sample size of 35 respondents was considered constituting of head teachers and teachers from the five selected private secondary schools in the city. Both descriptive analysis and correlation analysis was employed to provide answers to the study phenomenon. The study revealed that there’s strong positive and important connection among computers accessibility in teaching and teacher accomplishment s in private secondary schools in Kampala City, Uganda. The study also revealed that there is a moderately positive and significant relationship between computer utilization and teacher accomplishment in private secondary schools in Kampala City, Uganda. Further, Additionally, the investigation found a significant beneficial and substantial connection amongst computer knowledge and skills and teacher accomplishment within Kampala City private high schools, Uganda. Therefore, this investigation concludes that Computer skills constituting of computer accessibility in teaching, computer utilization, as well as computer knowledge and skills has a statistically significant relationship in regard to teachers' productivity at work within private high schools in Kampala City, Uganda in that an increase in the different aspects of Computer skills resultantly leads to an improvement in teacher accomplishment within private high schools within Kampala City, Uganda. This investigation recommends that the Education Ministry as well as policymakers ought to create interventions, policies, and programs that better support an enhancement in Computer skills among teachers in the different schools as this would improve teacher accomplishment outcomes in both government and private secondary schools in Kampala City, Uganda.