ELECTRONIC RECORDS AND ADMINISTRATION OF EDUCATIONAL TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN RIVERS STATE
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The study investigated electronic records and administration of educational tertiary institutions in Rivers State. The research design adopted for this study was correlational design. The population of the study consisted of 274 and 548 administrative staff in educational tertiary institutions in Rivers State. A sample size of 391 following stratified sampling technique a in which 17 respondents were chosen from each of tertiary institutions in Rivers State. Out of the 391copies of questionnaires distributed, 350 or 92% were duly completed and returned. The study therefore based its analysis on the returned copies of questionnaire. Two sets of questionnaires were distributed to the two sets of respondents (principals and administrative staff). The questionnaire was titled: ‘Electronic Records and Tertiary Institutions Administration in Rivers State’ (DRSSAPRV). The modified four point Likert Scale of Strongly Agree (SA) -4 points Agree (A) – 3 points, Disagree (D) -2 points and Strongly Disagree (SD)- 1 point with the total number of twelve (12) items in the questionnaire. The reliability of the instrument was done using Crombach Alpha (SPSS) version 23) and obtained .911>.71 which showed that the instrument was highly reliable. The method of analysis used for the study was Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient used in testing the three hypotheses at .05 significance level, while mean and standard deviation was used in answering the research questions. The findings of the study showed that there is very minimal electronic records system in public secondary in Rivers State. The study recommended that educational tertiary institutions in Rivers State should be equipped with e-facilities and the staff trained for the use of such facilities for administration of educational tertiary institutions in Rivers State.
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