IMPACT OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES ON STATE TERTIARY EDUCATION IN BENUE STATE
1 Department of Educational Foundations (Educational Management Unit) Benue State University, Makurdi.
2 Department of Educational Foundations, Educational Management Unit, Benue State University, Makurdi.
* Corresponding author: ngodooakuta@gmail.com
2 Department of Educational Foundations, Educational Management Unit, Benue State University, Makurdi.
* Corresponding author: ngodooakuta@gmail.com
Abstract
This study investigated the impact of emerging technologies
on state tertiary education in Benue State. Two research
questions guided the study and two hypotheses were tested.
Descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The
population of the study comprised of 10,200 students in
state tertiary education in Benue State. A sample of 300
students was used for the study. The instrument used for data
collection was a structured questionnaire titled: Emerging
Technologies and State Tertiary Education Questionnaire
(ETSTEQ) was used for data collection. Descriptive statistic
of mean and standard deviations were used to answer the
research questions while chi-square was used to test the
hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the
study indicated that emerging technologies have great
impact on state tertiary education in Benue State. It was
recommended among others that government through the
state tertiary education management should provide funds
for purchase of the required technological tools, train their
students to be vast in the use of technological tools to meet
the demands of the changing trends and maintenance of the
existing ones.
Keywords
Benue State
Emerging technologies
Impact
State Tertiary Education.
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How to Cite
NGODOO, A., & SUSSANA, A. (2022). IMPACT OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES ON STATE TERTIARY EDUCATION IN BENUE STATE. Humanity - Jos Journal Of General Studies, 13(1), 73-78. https://doi.org/10.67862/hjjgs.2022.wcgz7fyn
A. NGODOO, and A. SUSSANA, "IMPACT OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES ON STATE TERTIARY EDUCATION IN BENUE STATE," Humanity - Jos Journal Of General Studies, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 73-78, January 2022. doi: 10.67862/hjjgs.2022.wcgz7fyn
