Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Instruction of Public Senior High School Teachers in Malasiqui, Pangasinan

Abstract

The study attempted to determine the status of information and communication technology (ICT) instruction of Public Senior High School teachers in Malasiqui, Division of Pangasinan I during the school year 2024-2025 in terms of the availability of hardware and software technologies, level of technology competencies of teachers in the nine (9) domains of ICT including seriousness of problems encountered. The respondents consisted of the total enumeration of eighty-six (86) public senior high school teachers and twenty (20) school administrators covering twenty (20) public secondary schools in the municipality of Malasiqui, Pangasinan. Findings revealed that only computer, television and radio under hardware technologies and digitized learning resources under software overall level of technology competencies of teachers is described as high. Generally, this means that teachers have reached the desired level of technology competencies in the different domains of ICT. There are no significant differences between perceptions of teachers and their school administrators along their level of technology competencies. This indicates that the perceptions of the two (2) groups of respondents are on the same level. The most serious problems encountered by teachers are lack of funds in the provision of technology, lack of “know-how” in the use of the different technologies and lack of training in the preparation, maintenance and troubleshooting of equipment. In view of the above-stated findings, an action plan to improve the status of Information Technology Instruction in the municipality of Malasiqui, Pangasinan has been designed for meaningful adoption and proper implementation.