A comparative study of rural-urban and public-private junior high school pupils’ attitude towards the study of information and communications technology

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to ascertain the attitude of Junior High School pupils in general and the gender aspect towards the study of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in selected schools in the Cape Coast Metropolis. Descriptive research design was employed in this study and questionnaire was the main tool used to collect data from two hundred and three (203) pupils. The respondents were purposively drawn from three private and four public schools located in the Efutu, Pedu-Abura and Aboom circuits in the Cape Coast Metropolis. The schools were located in either urban or rural areas of the Metropolis. The Predictive Analytics Software (PASW) version 18 for Windows was used to analyse the data collected using frequencies, percentages, means, standard deviation and independent t-test were used to analyse the biographical data, research question one and testing of the three formulated hypotheses. The findings of the study revealed that pupils have much positive attitude towards the study of ICT and there is a significant difference in attitude between pupils in rural and urban area schools towards the study of ICT. There is no significant difference in attitude of male and female pupils as well as that of public and private Junior High Schools.