Information And Communications Technology Proficiency Among Teachers in Gasi Elementary School: Basis For A Sigasig Ict Enhancement Program

AUTHOR(S)

JONARD M. BRIZ NEIL A. MAPUTOL RENO C. SADAM

ABSTRACT

——This study assessed the proficiency in ICT among the teachers of Gasi Elementary School. As an output it developed a proposed ICT Enhancement Program for Gasi Elementary School. The program was crafted after finding out that majority of the teachers had low proficiency levels in the use of information and communications technology. This current paper utilized the Research and Development design. This study was conducted at Gasi Elementary School, Gasi, Kiamba, Sarangani Province. The respondents of the study were 8 teachers of Gasi Elementary School. To evaluate their proficiency levels, a questionnaire was developed and utilized to create individual proficiency profiles for each respondent and became the basis for the enhancement program. The study presented a clear picture of how ICT is being used in Gasi Elementary School. The results revealed that several shortcomings were needed to augment their proficiency as indicated by their poor level skills in fundamentals of computers, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Excel, and Use of the Web and their fair skills in computer peripherals and Microsoft Word. On account of the findings, this study recommend that teachers should be sent in ICT and implement the school’s ICT Enhancement Program. Keywords — Proficiency Level, Information And Communications Technology, Gasi Elementary School