Challenges Preventing Students in Public Tertiary Institutions from Using Information Communication Technology for Learning in Nigeria and the Way Forward

Abstract

This paper examined the challenges preventing students of public tertiary institutions in Nigeria from using ICT for their learning programme. The paper depends on secondary data to support the various points raised in the paper. The secondary data were sourced from the print materials and online publication. Inadequate funding of ICT, inadequate ICT facilities, poor implementation of ICT policies, high cost of ICT, unstable electricity, unstable internet service and student poor ICT literacy were identified as challenges preventing students of public tertiary institutions in Nigeria from using ICT for their learning programme. To address these problems preventing Nigeria tertiary students from using ICT for their studies. This paper recommended the following: the government should increase the funding of public tertiary institutions, provision of ICT facilities, subsidize the cost of ICT facilities, implement the ICT policies on education, capacity development for students and provision of constant electricity and internet services in all tertiary institutions across the country.