The paper discussed problems of utilization
of information and communication technology devices
for the education of persons with visual impairment.
Two research questions were posed to guide the study.
Literatures were reviewed in the study. Survey design
was adopted for the study. A census of the respondents
was used in the study since the population of the study
was not large. The sample for the study were eight (8)
subjects. Questionnaire was used for data collection.
The data collected were analysed using simple
percentages to answer the research questions
formulated to guide the study. The findings of the study
revealed that the devices are very few in number and
the available ones are outdated. The result further
revealed that the available ICT devices are very few
and also fragile which makes the devices to be very
costly. also fragile which makes the devices to be very
costly.t is therefore concluded that there are identifiable
challenges of utilizing ICT Devices for the education of
students with visual impairments in University of
Calabar which include insufficient of ICT devices, and
poor utilization of the Devices. Based on the findings, it
was recommended among others that adequate devices
should be made available for students with visual
impairment and trained instructors should be made
available to equip students with the needed skills in
ICT.