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The Problems And Prospects Of Ict To The Secretary
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1.2 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF THE CASE STUDY
The Federal
Polytechnic Nasarawa was established in 1983 by the Federal Government
of Nigeria. The intention of the Federal government in establishing
polytechnics was predicated by the Government’s drive to revolutionize
the society technologically. This is spelt out in the objectives of the
polytechnics contained in the Federal Polytechnic decree No.28 of 1987.
Among the objectives is:
· To train people to acquire
technical Vocational skills which are needed for the economic and
social development of Nigeria especially in the fields of agriculture,
commerce and industry.
At the Federal polytechnic Nasarawa, academic
work commenced in January 1984 at the central primary school temporary
site with an initial intake of 220 students in two schools: schools of
Environmental and Business Studies. A department of Liberal Studies
courses with the responsibility of General Study’s courses and
administration of pre-National Diploma programs. An important land mark
in the development of the polytechnic was the initial accreditation of
all the programs in 1985 and commencement of all the programs in
Business Administration and Management, Accountancy. Secretarial studies
Town and Regional Planning in the year 1986. The then Minister of
Education, Professor Jibril Aminu cut the sod to begin the physical
development at the permanent site.
The rapid academic development
continued in 1992/1993 session with commencement of ND programs in
electrical Electronics Engineering technology, Science Laboratory
Technology and Statistics. These programs had associated with them
requisite laboratories and workshops fully equipped to meet the
requirements for accreditation. Indeed with these developments, the
Polytechnic can now be said to be a full-fledged Technical institution
offering programs in core Engineering, Applied Science, Environmental
and Business Studies.
1.3 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
The
arrival of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has assisted
Secretaries in no small measure in the effective and efficient
performance of Secretarial duties. In today’s office, traditional job
like filing, keyboarding reprography, treatment of incoming and outgoing
mail and other clerical activities have now lent themselves to
automation. Attention is now shifting from the usual traditional
secretarial skill to a more modernized practice. The central focus of
this study is to examine the problems associated with Information and
Communication Technology and its effects on Secretaries.
However, the
specific problems to ICT operation are fraudulent misuse, viruses,
hackers, unauthorized users activity, unprotected downloaded files.
Information
and Communication Technology in recent years has created a great deal
of opportunities to Professional Secretaries, considering the current
rapidity in the growth and use of ICT, there is a reasonable prospect
that Information and Communication Technology will drive all duties/
tasks of the Secretaries in every organization in the sense that in no
distant time, every office work will done using one ICT equipment or the
other and that implies that the service of a Secretary who has no
expertise in using or operating the Information and Communication
technologies will not be useful.
Again these advancements in
communication technologies have led to the need for secretaries to
reposition themselves in order to continue to be relevant in their
performance of office functions as well as cope with the trend of
technological changes in today’s modern offices.
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