UTILIZING NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PREPARATION OF BUSINESS EDUCATION STUDENTS FOR SELF-RELIANCE
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2016
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This study focused on utilizing new technologies in the preparation of business education
students for self-reliance. The study is significant because unemployment has reached all- time
high in Nigeria that universities are seeking better ways of preparing students so that they can
have choices of employment, creating wealth or be useful to themselves after graduation.
Descriptive survey research was adopted for the study. It was guided by two research
questions and two hypotheses The population of the study consisted of 27 lectures and 266
students of the department of business and entrepreneurship education Kwara State University
Malete and University of Ilorin, Nigeria. The structured questionnaire containing 30 items on
a 5 point Likert scale was used to obtain information from the respondents. 293 questionnaires
were administered to respondents and all were duly completed and returned and were used for
the study. The data collected was analyzed using mean and standard deviation while t-test
parametric test was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 levels of significance. The
findings revealed amongst others that utilization of new technologies by business educators in
the preparation of business education students would be effective in making them self-reliant.
One major recommendation was that new technologies should be effectively utilized to
enable the graduates of business education to be creative and innovative.