Utilization of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) among building technology education entrepreneurs for Sustainable Development (SD)

Abstract

The study determined the extent of utilization of information and communication technology (ICT) among building technology education entrepreneurs for sustainable development (SD) in Lagos State. The design employed was the survey research with a population of 402 entrepreneurs, made up of 168 entrepreneurs with less than five years experience and 234 entrepreneurs with over five years. No sampling was made because of the relative size of the population, as the study was targeted at self employed building technology education graduates. The study was guided by four research questions and four hypotheses respectively. Validated instrument with 0.8 reliability coefficient was obtained using cronbach alpha to obtain data. Mean, Standard Deviation statistics and t-test were employed for the data analysis. The findings of the study revealed that to a high extent, the building technology education entrepreneurs utilize ICT to enhance marketing of goods and services; for accounting and financial records; and entrepreneurship knowledge acquisition. It was also concluded that entrepreneurs experience barriers to the utilization of ICT among them. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that building technology education entrepreneurs with over five years experience should undergo ICT training to improve their ICT skills and also avail themselves to the use of ICT to acquire information on entrepreneurship in other to grow their business better and faster.

Keywords: Utilization, ICT, Building Technology Education, Entrepreneur, Sustainable Development