Artificial intelligence and robotic tools for effective educational management and administration in the state-owned universities in Rivers State, Nigeria

Abstract

The study examined artificial intelligence instruments as a tool for efficient educational management and administration in the university system in Rivers State, Nigeria. The study adopted a descriptive survey design. Consequently, three research questions and three hypotheses were formulated for the study. The population consists of 154 administrators from Rivers State University and Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Port-Harcourt. The whole population is used as the sample size. The instrument was titled, “Artificial Intelligence Tools for Educational Management and Administration Questionnaire (AITEMAQ). Sixteen (16) structured items were designed for the study. Hence, 154 copies of the questionnaire were distributed and 143 copies of the questionnaire were retrieved. The statistical tools used were frequency, mean scores, and standard deviation for the research questions, while the Z-test was used to test the hypothesis at a 0.05 level of significance. According to the findings, the use of artificial intelligence tools improves mobility and the production of knowledge capacity among administrators. In other words, it makes organizational duties more efficient as well as projects the university's global acknowledgement. It was therefore concluded that the utilization of artificial intelligence tools enhances the efficiency of the educational system. This is based on the fact that there is access to information and data concerning administrative and instructional activities. It was therefore recommended that the administrators should be intermittently trained to be acquainted with the current trend of artificial intelligence tools to ameliorate distance in job responsibilities.