The Influence of Project Management Activities on ICT Adoption Among Secondary Schools in Kiambu County, Kenya

Abstract

Researchers have delved in the study on ICT (Information Communication and Technology) adoption in schools worldwide. Literatures based on social approaches specify that successful ICT adoption by teachersisreliant on dynamicssuch as attitude, resource provision,skills among others. This paper focuses on the Project management activities associated with the ICT adoption into instructional methods by Secondary school teachers in Thika, Kiambu County of Kenya, namely Teacher Motivation and Teacher Monitoring. The theoretical framework used was the Unified theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) model for ICT, The Context, Input, Process, Product (CIPP) model for Evaluation of educational project and Joint Application Model (JAD) for Project management. The respondent for the survey based study were teachers from the schools that benefited from the Economic Stimulus Program - Information Communication and Technology (ESP-ICT) project. Data forthe research was carried outthrough administration of questionnairesto the teacher respondents. Findings discovered that the project had been unsuccessful in Teacher recognition; distribution of assignment for responsibility purposes and rewarding as Motivational tools. Further, no monitoring upgrades or indicators gave an assurance that the teachers had apprehended the initial laid down targets, consequently knowledge and communication was infrequent. The conclusion deduced from these findings was that ICT
adoption by teachers was flawedand meticulous actoutofther out in ehad tobe taken in order to curtail some of the many challenges to its triumph. The paper therefore recommended the enrol mentofa project manager,who would effective lydrivethe project throughallthestages by engaging project management dimension that is characterized by planning, implementation, monitoringandorganization.Alltheseeventsguidetosuccessinprojectattainment.