Perception on Use of Educational Broadcasting as Teaching Aid among Public Secondary School Students in Asaba, Delta State, Nigeria

Abstract

This study examined the level of’ awareness of the use of educational broadcasting as teaching aid among public secondary school students in Asaba, Delta State, Nigeria, as well as their perceptions on its level of use and associated challenges. The cross-sectional design study explored Communication Perception Theory, adopted a survey of 377 randomly selected respondents, who responded to a questionnaire, and analysed emanating data with simple percentages and mean scores. Findings indicate that while the students are moderately aware that educational broadcasting can be used as teaching aid, they perceive the level of use as very low and perceive poor electricity supply, inability of teachers to harness educational broadcasting into teaching, limited access to electronic gadgets in schools and lack of locally relevant contents as challenges. Findings corroborate scholarly notions that educational broadcasting is barley used as teaching aid in schools due to lack of skilled teachers and facilities. Findings also uphold the assumption of the Perception Theory by indicating that although students view educational broadcasting as a substitute for conventional classroom instruction, they do not benefit from it. The study recommends that government and school administrators should encourage the use of educational broadcasting as teaching aids.