Impact of Computer Literacy on Secondary School Students Achievement in Computer Science in Makurdi Local Government Area

This Study investigates the impact of computer literacy on Secondary School students achievement in computer science.Three research questions were asked in the study and 2 research hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. This study used causal comparative design. The area of study is Makurdi Local Government Area of Benue State, Nigeria. Makurdi is the capital of Benue State. The target population for this study consisted of final year senior secondary school 3 students in Makurdi, Benue state. The sample of 60 students was randomly selected from the population of 1, 200 students. The sample size for the study is 60 Senior Secondary School 3 students. The sample was determined using random sampling techniques.The questionnaire titled Impact of Computer Literacy on Academic Achievement of Secondary School Students in Computer Science Questionnaire is made up of two sections. Section A and section B. Section A is concerned with bio data of the student while section B is made up of six (6) items. The instrument was validated and a pilot test was carried out in a school outside the target schools for the study and the reliability of the instrument was determined. The research questions were answered using mean and standard deviation while the hypothesis was tested using T-test. The study shows that there is significant impact of computer literacy on secondary school students achievement in computer science and also that there is a significant impact of computer literacy on male and female secondary school students achievement in computer science.