Abstract:
In their quest to produce teachers who can teach ICT as well as integrate ICT into the
teaching and learning enterprise, the Ministry of Education and Sports has introduced ICT
studies into the curricula of Colleges of Education. This study was meant to find out how
resourced are the Colleges of Education in Central Region of Ghana in their duty to train future
teachers who can teach ICT and also be able to integrate ICT in the education venture. The study
also sought to find out what gains have been achieved so far, and also identify the challenges
holding back the incorporation of ICT into teacher education. Descriptive survey was used for
the study, and data was gathered through questionnaires and interviews. Stratified sampling and
random sampling techniques were employed to select 43 tutors and 242 teacher trainees who
responded to tutors’ questionnaire and teacher trainees’ questionnaire, respectively.
The study revealed that the use of ICT in the teaching and learning at the colleges was
emerging. However, inadequate ICT hardware and infrastructure, software, and books were
identified as some of the major challenges. Additionally, the colleges lacked tutors who are
knowledgeable in techno-pedagogical skills on how to integrate ICT into teaching and learning.
It was thus recommended that the government should provide the colleges with well-equipped
ICT laboratories with the necessary hardware, software, high-speed Internet connections and
other accessories that will facilitate the integration of ICT into teaching and learning.
Furthermore, the ICT knowledge base of the tutors should be improved through regular
professional development programmes so that the tutors are in a position to teach the teacher
trainees how to integrate ICT into teaching and learning.
