Investments in information communication technology on selected tertiary institutions in Uganda: tradeoffs, benefits, and sustainability
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2011-09
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Kampala international University college of Education open and distance learning
Abstract
Despite use of ICTs in tertiary institutions, there was a lack of research regarding investments in ICTs in tertiary institutions in Uganda and as a result the level of trade offs, benefits and sustainability was not known. The study was conducted to establish the demographic characteristics of the respondents of investments in ICTs in terms of age, gender, and educational level; to determine the extent of investments in ICTs; to establish the level of benefits and sustainability of ICTs; and to determine if there was a significant relationship between the extent of investment and the level of benefits and sustainability of ICTs in selected Tertiary Institutions in Uganda . The instrument for the data collection was a
questionnaire. A sample size of 110 respondents was selected from a population of 151
public and private tertiary institutions recognized by National Council for Higher
Education (NCHE) using stratified proportionate sampling method. Data processing and analysis were done using SPSS software version 16.0. The processing was done after editing and coding of the data. Calculations were done on the quantitative data and totals, percentages, averages, frequencies and a correlation presented in tables and figures.
The study found that there was a significant relationship between the extent of
investment and the level of benefits and sustainability in ICTs in the selected Tertiary
Institutions in Uganda as the number of computers increased from about 783 when ICT
departments were started in the institutions to the about 4,340 in July 2011. The
findings revealed that in 66 returned questionnaires, about sh 4.8 billion had been
invested in the about 4,340 computers and that nearly sh 850 million was used in
sustaining them every year. The study recommended that private tertiary institutions should lobby for more ICT equipments, charge students a little ICT fee to buy some more computers and at least 15% of each institution’s annual budget be reserved for ICTs.
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A thesis report presented to the School of postgraduate studies and research Kampala international University Kampala, Uganda in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Master of Business Administration Information Technology
Keywords
Information communication technology, Tertiary institutions, Uganda