Importance Of ICT In Educational Management

CHAPER ONE INTRODUCTION
1.0 Introduction to chapter one
This introductory chapter is divided into seven subsections. They are as follows; a brief background of the study, the statement of the problem, the objectives of the study, research questions and significant of the study. It also includes the scope and limitations of the study as well as organization of the study.

1.1. Background Information
Technological globalization is growing faster than one can imaging. Fundamental nature of competition is deferent in this 21st century competitive world. This 21st century was known to be the digital era. The Secretary - General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, stated that "We are going through a historic transformation in the way we live, learn,

How can technologies help schools in Dansoman community to admit and enroll students outside the country and students far from their community?
Why is necessary to adopt the use of ICT in educational management?
How can ICT help increase students enrollment?
How can ICT help in staff recruitment and supervision?
Why are technologies important in reducing school's administrative cost?

1.5. Significant of the study
The research is very important for the following reasons;
1. It serves as a guide for educational institutions which want to use modern technologies in their school management.
2. It looks out for some benefits technology can bring to educational management which people are not aware of
3. It point out the areas that technologies can be used in an educational administration to increase administrative efficiency.
4. It gives guidelines for effective use of technologies in educational management or administration.
5. It will bring out how modern technologies can be used to solve problems in educational management or

Being a new discipline it has drawn concepts and principles from a number of disciplines such as Sociology, Economics, Psychology, Statistics, Anthropology and so on. The contributors from each of these groups have viewed management differently. For example economists have treated management as ‘a factor of production’; Sociologists treated it as ‘a group of persons’. Hence, taking all these view points, it becomes difficult to define management in a comprehensive way and no definition of management has been universally accepted. Many definitions were given by various contributors; one popular definition is given by Mary Parker Follet. According to