DETERMINANTS OF ICTs INFLUENCE ON LITERACY AND CULTURE: A CASE STUDY OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN YOLA, ADAMAWA STATE, NIGERIA

The world as we know it today, continues to rapidly evolve with the impact of the digital age across various sectors (educational, personal, business, social, professional etc.) as we navigate through our daily interactions in the new age. One of such remarkable impact of technology in this new millennium is the progressive growth in the educational sector spurred by the integration of Information and Communications Technology (Apena, 2012). Thus, within this period, ICT is considered among the essential constructs of the present progressive societies and thus, leading numerous countries to its adoption (UNESCO, 2002). People are becoming more skilled in using ICT as a tool for enhancing essential education as supporters of ICT advocate that, as the rapid development and use of technology increases daily, technology knowledge will become a necessity in education, work, community and private activities (Erumban & de Jong, 2006). Consequently, people from different cultural backgrounds would support ICT and its application would slowly and gradually be implanted into day-to-day operations.