Managerial and ICT Skills Possessed by Business Education Graduating Students for Entrepreneurial Success in Universities in South-South Nigeria

Ekwere A. Umoeshiet

Abstract


The study examined managerial and ICT skills possessed by Business Education graduating students for entrepreneurial success in Universities in South-South Nigeria. Two research questions were answered while two null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. Descriptive survey research design was adopted in carrying out the study.

 

 

The population and sample of the study comprised 1,037 final year (400 Level) Business Education students of 2019/2020 academic session from which 285 final year students of Business Education were sampled as the respondents. The instrument used to collect data was a 30-item structured questionnaire designed by the researcher and face-validated by three experts. The reliability of the instrument was ascertained using Cronbach’s Alpha reliability method which yielded a coefficient of 0.87. Out of the 285 copies of the questionnaire administered, 274 copies were completely filled and retrieved representing 96%. Data collected were analyzed using mean for answering the research questions while t-test statistics was used for testing the two null hypotheses. Based on the data collected and analyzed, the result showed that the level of managerial and ICT skills possessed by Business Education graduating students in Universities in South-South Nigeria, is quite low. Hence, the study among others recommended that Government should make funds available for the provision of required ICT infrastructure for effective teaching and learning of Business Education students in tertiary institutions in Nigeria and that proactive school-industry linkage arrangement for quality internship experience of Business Education students for acquisition of relevant managerial and ICT skills for gainful employment in Nigerian labour market and for entrepreneurial success, should be sustained.


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