The study determined the extent of implement of the research and development (R&D) strategies of national ICT guidelines in public universities in Anambra State. Two research questions guided the study and two hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The descriptive survey design was used in the study. The population of the study comprised 185 lecturers in the Department of Educational Management and Policy from two public universities in Anambra State. The instrument for data collection was a structured questionnaire which was developed by the researchers. The questionnaire was validated by three experts in the faculty of education, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. To establish the reliability estimate of the instruments, a single administration of the instruments was adopted through a pilot test. The data were analyzed using Cronbach Alpha to measure the internal consistency of the instrument and reliability co-efficient values of 0.87 and 0.84 were obtained for each of the clusters respectively with a general reliability coefficient of 0.86. Mean, standard deviation and t-test were used to analyze data for the study. Finding of the study revealed that the research and development strategy of increasing fund allocation to R&D initiatives to improve new pedagogies in public universities was implemented to a low extent. Finding also showed that the research and development strategy of providing opportunities for R&D initiatives that are result-oriented and geared towards meeting national needs was implemented to a low extent. Findings revealed that the respondents’ years of experience did not influence their opinion. The researchers therefore recommended among others that the federal and state government should be more committed to the ICT guideline by making funds readily available to administrators of universities. It was also recommended that administrators of tertiary institutions should collaborate with private ICT firms in so as to increase research efforts in universities.