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Literacy In The Information Age: How Prepared Are The Teachers?, Prof Ada Sam Omenyi

Prof Ada Sam Omenyi

Changes in the society, cultural and political milieu of a people affect their definition of who a literate person is. In this age of information technology, being literate, for most countries, has gone beyond having the reading, writing and numeracy skills to include the ability to use the computer and other digital technologies. Consequently, deficiency in this context of literacy places individuals, societies and nations in the backwaters of development. Nigeria is fast joining these countries as over 80% of her job advertisements are for those who are computer literate. This paper is interested in finding out the extent lecturers …