Abstract:
The prime purpose of this study was to examine teachers’ awareness of and
attitude towards government digitalisation programmes and its impact on
education in selected senior high schools in the Kumasi Metropolis. The
descriptive survey research design was used for this study. The study utilised
simple random sampling to select 260 respondents for the study. The
instrument used to collect data was questionnaire, and the data collected were
analysed using mean, standard deviation, mean of means, Pearson product
moment correlation and linear regression. The results of the study revealed
that teachers at senior high schools in the Kumasi Metro were aware of
government digitalisation programmes. The findings also showed that teachers
have positive attitude towards government digitalisation programmes.
Furthermore, the outcome of the study found that teachers use various
government digitalisation programmes. Concerning the findings from the
hypotheses, it was revealed that teachers’ level of awareness predicted
teachers’ attitude towards digitalisation programmes. Additionally, the study
showed that teachers’ attitude towards digitisation predicted their level of use
of digitalisation programmes. The study, therefore, recommended that
government of Ghana should extend their digitalisation agenda to the
education sector. It was also recommended that the management of Ghana
education service should take into cognizance the awareness level and attitude
of teachers when implementing digitalised technology for education.
