Information and Communication Technologies Usage among Agricultural Students of Tertiary Institutions in Southwest of Nigeria

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dc.contributor.authorYekinni, O.T.
dc.contributor.authorLadigbolu, T.A.
dc.contributor.authorAdeniyi, R.T.
dc.contributor.authorOluwasusi, S.J.
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-30T10:41:50Z
dc.date.available2022-03-30T10:41:50Z
dc.date.issued2021-01
dc.description.abstractThe study examined information and communication technologies usage among agricultural students of tertiary institution in Southwest of Nigeria. Multistage sampling procedure was used to select 300 agricultural students from tertiary institutions. Structured questionnaire was employed to elicit information on students’ socioeconomic characteristics, availability of ICTs, accessibility and purposes of ICTs usage. Data were subjected to percentage, chi-square, the Pearson Product Moment Correlation and the Analysis of variance at p=0.05. Findings revealed that the most available ICTs among students were internet and mobile phone (95.0%) respectively while they had access to mobile phone (Weighted Mean (WM)=0.58) and radio (WM=0.51), they used ICTs for information (WM=0.77), academics (WM=0.70) and entertainment (WM=0.70) purposes; with high level of availability (71.0%), access (56.7%) and ICTs usage purpose (51.3%) respectively. There were significant relationships between respondents’ monthly stipend (r=0.200), state of institution (χ2=8.000), religion (χ2=222.660), marital status (χ2=211.680), category of students’ programme (χ2= 320.4608), type of institution (χ2=56.000) and their purposes for using ICTs but with a significant difference across the states (F=23.821; p=0.00). Students used ICTs for information, academic and entertainment purposes based on their age and type of their institutions. Since ICTs are used for beneficial purposes, it is recommended that ICTs should be adapted, applied and incorporated into tertiary institutions’ curricula across the nation.en_US
dc.identifier.issn24086851
dc.identifier.urihttp://journal.aesonnigeria.org
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.ajol.info/index.php/jae
dc.identifier.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.4314/jae.v25i1.1
dc.identifier.urihttp://localhost:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/112
dc.publisherJournal of Agricultural Extension Vol. 25, No. 1en_US
dc.subjectICTs usageen_US
dc.subjectundergraduate studentsen_US
dc.subjectentertainment purposesen_US
dc.subjectmobile phoneen_US
dc.subjecttertiary institutionsen_US
dc.titleInformation and Communication Technologies Usage among Agricultural Students of Tertiary Institutions in Southwest of Nigeriaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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