BUSINESS EDUCATORS' ASSESSMENT OF AVAILABLE ICT RESOURCES FOR TEACHING BUSINESS EDUCATION COURSES IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN SOUTH SOUTH NIGERIA.
Abstract
This study assessed available ICT resources for teaching business education courses
in tertiary institutions in South South Nigeria. One research question was raised and
answered while two null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The descriptive
survey design was adopted for the study. The population comprised all 240 business
educators in the colleges of education and universities in this area. The entire population was
used. A structured questionnaire was used as instrument for data collection. Kunder
Richardson statistics was used to establish the reliability; a reliability coefficient of 0.73 was
obtained. Data collected were analyzed using percentage, mean and standard deviation to
answer the research question and the null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance
using t-test statistics. The findings showed there are no ICT resources for teaching business
education courses and that college of education have more ICT have more ICT resources
than the universities. Conclusions were drawn and relevant recommendations were made
among others that government and relevant stake- holders should provide adequate and
relevant ICT resources for the teaching of business education courses in tertiary institutions
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