Influence of Electronic Record Keeping on Planning and Decision Making of Secondary School Administrators in Lagos State

Abstract

Administrative functions are becoming increasingly complex and requires 
powerful administrative tools such as ICT for record keeping. The paper 
studied the perceived influence of electronic record keeping on planning and 
decision making of secondary school administrators in Lagos State. 
Quantitative research design was adopted. The target population consisted 
of 3,564 administrative team in the 324 public senior secondary schools in 
Lagos State while purposive sampling technique was used to select 285 
participants. Influence of Electronic Record Keeping on Planning and 
Decision-Making Questionnaire (IERKPDMQ) was the instrument for data 
collection. Responses were analyzed descriptively using mean and standard 
deviation for research questions. T-test was used to test the hypotheses at 
0.05 level of significant. The finding of the study revealed among others that 
secondary school administrators in Lagos State have little knowledge of 
electronic record keeping. Recommendations were made on the basis of this 
findings that secondary school administrators should consistently be trained 
and re-train on the benefits of keeping records electronically and how to do
it.