TRAINING NEEDS ASSESSMENT OF UNIVERSITY TEACHERS REGARDING USE OF COMPUTER RESOURCES

Abstract

It is the era of computer and information technology. Our dependency on computerized information has been very much increased. The government of Pakistan has special focus on spreading the technology. Large numbers of computer projects have been funded and different IT programs have been introduced in the universities. But one thing that is lacking behind is skilled teachers to really implement these projects, programs and courses. So the main focus of this study is on the staff development regarding use of computer resources. The study is significant because it produces a bulk of skillful computer personnel’s at the university level. The public and private universities were included in the study. The data was collected through research questionnaire and pre-test post-test design was used to check the effectiveness of the training. The t-statistics for the difference between the mean was used to distinguish the results of the participant before and after the training. The t-value of 235.1393 shows that there was significant difference on the pre-test and post-test before and after the training.