Authors : Kato Asuman; Dr. Nabukeera Madinah; Dr.Matovu Musa; Ssali Muhammadi Bisaso

Volume/Issue : Volume 10 - 2025, Issue 8 - August

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Abstract : The main purpose was to inspect the impact of ICT Application upon implementation of new lower secondary school curriculum in selected secondary educational institutions under Nakaseke District’s Semuto Town Council, Uganda. These were the purposes specifically; i) To examine the influence of ICT access on implementation of new lower secondary school curriculum, ii) To examine the influence of ICT usage on implementation of new lower secondary school curriculum, and iii) To examine the influence of ICT students’ proficiency on implementation of new lower secondary school curriculum in selected secondary schools in Semuto Town Council, Nakaseke District. The examination discovered that ICT access has a positive significant influence on implementations of newer lower secondary school curriculums within selected secondary educational institutions under Nakaseke District’s Semuto Town Council. Furthermore, the examination as well discovered that ICT usage had a constructive momentous influence on implementations of newer lower secondary schools’ curricula within Nakaseke District’s selected secondary schools in Semuto Town Council. This investigation further discovered that ICT students’ proficiency has a positive significant influence on implementations of newer lower secondary schools’ curriculum within Nakaseke District’s selected secondary schools in Semuto Town Council. This investigation settles that ICT application in terms of ICT access, ICT usage, and ICT students’ proficiency has a significant influence on implementations of newer secondary lower school curricula in selected secondary educational institutions within Semuto Town Council, Nakaseke District in that an improvement in ICT access, ICT usage, and ICT students’ proficiency could resultantly result into an enhancement in enactment of new lower secondary school curriculum within selected secondary schools in Semuto Town Council, Nakaseke District. It’s recommended that the government, school management, and other stakeholders should equip schools with reliable internet access, digital devices (computers, tablets), and smart classrooms to be utilized by both student and teachers which would significantly influence implementations of newer lower secondary schools’ curricula within selected secondary educational institutions within Semuto Town Council, Nakaseke District, Uganda.

Keywords : ICT Application, ICT Access, ICT Usage, ICT Students’ Proficiency, Implementation of New Lower Secondary School Curriculum, and Secondary Schools.

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