ICT COMPETENCIES REQUIRED FOR SUCCESS AS PERCEIVED BY BUSINESS CENTER OPERATORS IN DELTA STATE
Abstract
This study focused on the perception of business center operators in Delta State on the information communication technology competencies required for success. The design of the research was survey method. The population of the study consisted of 624 registered business centers. 15 registered business centers were selected from among the 25 local government area of the state using stratified random sampling technique. This brought the sample for the study to 375. Two research questions were formulated to guide the study while two hypothesis tested at 0.05 level of significance were used for the study. Questionnaire was the instrument used for data collection. The data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistical tools. Inferential statistics of t-test was used to test the hypothesis. From the results of analysis of data, it was revealed that business center operators perceived word processing and spread sheet competencies as highly required. It was recommended among others that curriculum planners should incorporate the various competencies as perceived by business center operators in ICT based programmes both at the secondary school and tertiary levels of education.
Key Words: Perception, Business center, ICT, Competencies
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