Information Communication Technology (ICT) Application-Oriented Skills Acquired by Final Year Computer Education Students of Colleges of Education for Employment

Abstract

The study focused on information communication technology (ICT) application-oriented skills acquired by final year Computer Education (CE) students of Colleges of Education (COE) for employment in South-east zone, Nigeria. Specifically, the study determined extent to which final year CE students acquired: word processing, data base management, computer graphics, power-point presentation, and communication technology skills. It adopted survey research design. Population was made up of 275 third year CE students of eight COE in study area. Questionnaire was utilized for data collection. Data were analyzed using mean and t-test at 0.05 level of significance. The findings reveal nine word processing skills which include ability to create/edit document (X̅g= 1.94), among others. Other findings are seven database management skills including querying a database (X̅g= 1.41), among others. Further findings are 10 computer graphics skills including ability to create posters and books using Adobe Indesign (X̅g= 1.44) and others. Eight power-point presentation skills were also identified. Also, 10 communication technology skills were identified including, among others, ability to create and send email (X̅G = 1.96).There were no significant difference in mean responses of male and female final yearCE students for each of the five hypotheses tested. Three recommendations were made based on the findings.