[01] Olayemi Olufemi David, Department of Special Education, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. [02] Olubukola Adesola Oyebanji, Department of Educational Management, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. [03] Ikem Amanda Isioma, Department of Special Education, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.

The study examined the influence of information and communication technology (ICT) and braille literacy on the academic performance of secondary school students with visual impairment in Ogun state. The study adopted a survey research design of expos facto type. Questionnaires were used to collect data. Multistage sampling procedure was used to select a total of number of one hundred (100) secondary school students with visual impairment in Ogun State, Nigeria who participated in the study. Two hypotheses were formulated and tested using Multiple Regression statistical tools at .05 level of significance. The result revealed that ICT and braille literacy had significant joint influence on academic performance of students with visual impairment in Ogun State, Nigeria (F_(2,97) = 5.680; p<0.05). The result also indicated that ICT and braille literacy made significant independent contribution to academic performance of students with visual impairment in Ogun state, Nigeria (β = -0.268, t = 2.787, p<0.05; β=0.168 t = 1.748; p<0.05). The study concluded that there was significant joint and relative contribution of ICT and braille literacy on academic performance of students with visual impairment in Ogun state, Nigeria. Therefore, the study recommended that Government, non-governmental organisations and educational stakeholders should take cognisance of influence of ICT and braille literacy in the development of any intervention to improve academic performance of students with visual impairment.

Information and Communication Technology, Braille Literacy, Academic Performance, Visual Impairment

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