ASSESSMENT OF AVAILABILITY AND UTILISATION OF ICT FACILITIES FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING OF BUSINESS EDUCATION IN UNIVERSITY OF CROSS RIVER STATE, (UNICROSS) CALABAR.

This study was aimed at investigating the extend of assessment of availability and utilization of ICT facilities for teaching and learning of business education in university of Cross River State, Calabar. In other to narrow the study to a specific direction, four objectives which were the purpose of the study were formulated to guide the study of which four hypotheses were obtained from. The hypotheses were further explained in form of a review study of past scholars related studies. The study adopted the descriptive survey design. The area of the study was in university of Cross River State, Calabar. The population of the study consisted of 189 business education students of 2019/2020 academic session in university of Cross River State, Calabar. The sample of the study was 129 business education students. The study adopted stratified random sampling technique. The instrument of data collection was the questionnaire which was administered directly by me the researcher. The study was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistical tools. The findings of the study revealed that ICT facilities such as E- learning platforms, multimedia rooms, computer labs and electronic whiteboard can provide a positive learning experience as it allows students to think about concepts outside the classroom, share their knowledge with peers and enhance their learning. Also, the findings discovered and concluded that ICT facilities is used for teaching and learning of business education programme in university of Cross River State as an effective pedagogical tool. The study recommends that administrators of business education should continue to encourage the utilization of e- learning platforms, multimedia rooms, computer labs and electronic whiteboard by granting the students access to these ICT facilities and ensure that all students of business education have benefited from this digital resources that are available, which will reduce disparities and difficulties during teaching and learning process in business education programme in University of Cross River State, Calabar.