Utilization of Information and Communication Technology Among Male and Female Business Education Lecturers in Nigerian Universities

This study was conducted to study the level of utilization of information and communication technology (ICT) equipment in teaching of Business Education courses in Department of Business Education in Universities in Nigeria. A population of 117 business education lecturers in seven federal and state universities in Nigeria was used. The instrument for data collection was a four-point scale questionnaire. Two research questions were answered using mean and standard deviation. Hypotheses 1-2 were tested using t-test statistics. All the hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The null hypothesis was rejected because the calculated tvalue was greater than critical t-value. Male and female respondents differed significantly in mean ratings of utilization of ICT equipment for teaching marketing education courses. Male teachers had a higher proportion of utilization of ICT compared to female teachers. Male and female respondents also differed significantly in the mean ratings of utilization of ICT equipment for teaching office technology and management education courses. Males had a higher proportion of utilization of ICT equipment compared to females. Based on the findings it was recommended, among other things, that the federal government as well as university authorities regularly sponsor female lecturers on various in service training.