Title: CHALLENGES TO UTILIZATION OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY IN TEACHING BUSINESS EDUCATION IN PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN SOUTH EAST STATES OF NIGERIA

Authors:
Dr. I. C. Ezeabii & Prof. E. E. Agomuo

Abstract: Abstract This study identified the challenges to utilization of information and communication technology (ICT) in the teaching of business education in public universities in South East States of Nigeria. Survey research design was adopted. Two research questions were answered and two null hypotheses tested at .05 level of significance guided the study. The population for the study was 47 business educators in six public universities offering business education programme in South East states of Nigeria. The entire population for the study was used due to the manageable size. Therefore there was no sampling. Structured questionnaire comprising a total of 20 items was the instrument for data collection. The reliability of the instrument was determined using Cronbach Alpha coefficient method. A coefficient of .79 was obtained. It was found out that non availability of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) facilities pose challenges to utilization of ICT in teaching business education courses. Other challenges to utilization of the ICT facilities by lecturers include: non-possession of some ICT skills, frequent power failure, etc. Recommendations made among others include that: the Federal and State government should make every effort to provide public universities with ICT facilities; they should sponsor the production of ICT software bearing in mind the Nigerian culture for relatedness and effectiveness; lecturers should be trained and retrained on information and communication technologies

Publication Date: 2016-12-14