INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) SKILLS NEEDED OF COMPUTER EDUCATION LECTURER FOR EFFECTIVE TEACHING OF DATABASE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTH EAST UNIVERSITIES, NIGERIA.

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This study is on the ICT skills needed of Computer Education Lecturer for effective teaching of database for Sustainable Development. The purpose of the study was to find out the Digital skills Computer Education Lecturer need for effective teaching of database for sustainable development in Southeast Universities. A survey research design was adopted for the study. A total population of 86 respondents comprising of thirty six (36) male lectures and fifty (50) female lecturers were used for the study. The entire population was studied. A 4-point scale structured questionnaire was used for data gathering. The reliability coefficient of the instrument was 0.75 using Cronbach Alpha Coefficient method while three lecturers carried out face validation on the instrument.  Three research questions and three null hypotheses tested at 0.05 level of significance guided the study. Mean statistic was employed to answer the research questions, while t-test statistic was used to test the hypotheses. It was found out that ICT skills Computer Education Lecturer need are the basic ICT skill, file management skills and web/programming skills for effective teaching of database for sustainable development in Southeast Universities. Again, the null hypotheses (H_O1, H_O2 and H_O3) of no significant difference between the mean scores of male and female respondents on the basic ICT skills, file management skills and web/programming skills Computer Education lecturers need for effective teaching of database in Federal Universities were all accepted. The recommendations made among others were that Computer Education lecturers should put in more efforts towards acquiring adequate digital skills to enhance effective teaching and learning in the institutions, Government should show more commitment to the development of an ICT based education in the country by making available ICT grants to our universities and staff on annual basis and that the universities should also meet the computer training needs of the staff through sponsorship for workshops, seminars, conferences, orientations; and attendance should be made compulsory for all the staff.