By Dike Felix Okechukwu
Assessment is a process which entails identifying objectives or abilities to assess, designing a plan to guide the assessment, quantifying usually in measurable terms (measurement), scoring analyzing and reporting outcome of the entire process for interest stakeholders. The major purpose of this study was to assess Economics teachers’ perceptions of their ICT competencies using UNESCO ICT CFT. Theories reviewed which have great effect on the study were the behaviorist and constructivist theories. Descriptive Survey and ex-post-facto design guided the study. Self rater questionnaire was used to generate data from Eighty three Economics teachers sampled from Enugu education zone. Results of the findings revealed that Economics teachers in Enugu education zone do not posses requisite competencies needed to use ICT facilities to teach Economics. Gender and qualification and age are not significant factors in use of ICT facilities to teach Economics in Enugu state. However, younger teachers possess ICT competencies more than older teachers. Amongst the recommendations proffered was conceited effort on the part of the government in organizing seminars and workshop for teachers on use of ICT in teaching. Teachers on their own should make effort to improve their ICT skills by enrolling in private ICT training or in-service training on use of ICT facilities in teaching