Dr. Stephen Onyeanwuna Osakwe &
Godspower Akwakporierie
Assessment of Information and Communication Technology in Business Education Programme in Tertiary Institutions in Delta State
Abstract
The study assessed the availability and utilization of information and communication technology tools for business education programme in tertiary institutions in Delta State. Six research questions were raised to guide the study and two null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance for the study. The population of the study comprises of the Delta State University of Science and Technology, Ozoro; Delta State University, Abraka Polytechnic, Delta State College of Education, Warri, and Delta State College of Education, Mosogar. The descriptive survey design was used for this study. The instrument used was validated by three experts. Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation coefficient was used to compute reliability of the instrument which yielded a correlation coefficient of 0.89. The entire sampled population was used for data analysis. Questionnaire was the instrument used for data collection. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The t-test was used to test the hypotheses. From the results of the analysis, it was concluded that the job performance of secretaries in tertiary??? institutions in Delta State is largely enhance positively by ICT tools utilization in the area of internet, spreadsheet, desktop publishing as well as available hardware while the challenges of ICT Tools pose a danger to business education programme. Respondents did not differ significantly on the utilization of ICT tools for business education programme based on gender and experience. Consequently, it was recommended among others that management of institution and organization should ensure that workable and effective ICT tools are made available to enhance and boost the performance of business education programme in tertiary institution in Delta State. Tertiary Education Trust Fund should assist to organize, seminars, training and re-training programme regularly and also purchase these ICT tools to improve business education performance. Focus should be on the provision of internet services in the institutions.
Keywords: Business Education, Programme, ICT Tools, Tertiary Institution, Organization.
