The Influence of ICT Use on HRM Potentials for Secondary School Students in Tabora Municipality, Tanzania.

George, Peter Antony (2024) The Influence of ICT Use on HRM Potentials for Secondary School Students in Tabora Municipality, Tanzania. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

The study assessed how the ICT usage affected the potential of HRM for secondary schools’ students in Tabora Municipality. The study regarded the performance of students in their exams as a measure of HRM potential. The study examined specifically on the way school and parents’ affordability in purchasing the ICT tools, teachers’ teaching competences and teachers’ perceived relevance affected the secondary schools’ students’ performance in Tabora region. The descriptive design and positivism philosophy guided the study. The 62 respondents were systematically selected to participate in the study. The descriptive technique analyzed the field information. The findings disclosed that the students’ performance was contributed by 50% of the parents’ and schools’ affordability to purchase the ICT tools. The findings moreover, indicated that school capability to purchase the ICT tools catalyzed the students’ performance. The study unveiled that both the teachers’ ICT use competences and teachers’ good perception of ICT tools usage encouraged the better performance of the secondary schools’ students. The findings conclude that ICT tools usage in the secondary schools promoted the students’ human resource potential in Tabora region. The policy should facilitate the ICT tools usage for all secondary school students and hence promotion of the human resource potential in Tabora region and other regions in Tanzania. Keywords: ICT usage, HRM potential, secondary schools’ students, Tabora Municipality

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