INFLUENCE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) ON STUDENTS' ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN BUSINESS STUDIES IN CALABAR SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF CROSS RIVER STATE.

ABSTRACT The study examined "The influence of information and Communication Technology (ICT) on students' academic performance in business studies in Calabar South Local Government Area of Cross River State Literature review was carried out based on the variables the study. The population of the study was JSS3 students from Pinn Margaret Secondary School in the study area survey research design and simple random sampling techniques were adopted for the study. A sample of two hundred (200) respondents was from 5 public Secondary School was used for the study. The research instruments used for data collection were questionnaire titled "influence of Con students' academic performance Questionnaire" (BSTP). And the Business studies performance Test (BSPT) I test Analysis was the statistical technique used in testing the hypothesis under study. All the hypotheses were tested using 0.05 level of significance and 198 degrees of freedom. Based on the analysis of data, the study showed that social media sites, internet use, cell phone usage as ICT variable and ICT resource inadequacy have significant influence on students' academic performance in Business studies. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended amongst others that, the administrators of secondary school education should discourage the use of phones during class lessons in school. This would help to minimize the use of social network platforms during class periods also that secondary school students should be encouraged by school counselling units to use social network only for reasons that it adds effectiveness to their studies in and outside the school premises.