Koko, Maureen N. &
Ruth Ihongbe A.
impact of digital literacy on business education students employability in rivers state universities
Abstract
The study investigated the impact of digital literacy on business education students’ employability in Rivers State Universities.
Three objectives, three research questions and three null hypotheses guided the study. The study adopted the descriptive research
design. The population of the study were drawn from level 400 students (2024/2025) academic session in the department of
Business Education from Rivers State University and Ignatius Ajuru University of Education. The population of the study was
170 level 400 students comprising 123 students from Ajuru University of Education and 47 from Rivers State University. There is
no sampling due to the size of the population which is considered manageable by the researchers. The instrument for data
collection for this study was a self-structured questionnaires titled Digital Literacy on Business Education Students
Employability Questionnaire (DLBESEQ). The instrument was face and content validated by three experts, two from Business
Education and one Measurement and Evaluation all in faculty of Education and the reliability index of 0.843 was obtained using
Cronbach Alpha Coefficient method. The researchers with the help of two research assistants, administered the instruments.
Data collected were analysed using mean and standard deviation to answer the research questions while t-test analysis was used
to test the hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. The study’s findings indicated that digital literacy is a critical factor
influencing the employability of Business Education students in universities owned by Rivers State. Bases on the finding, it was
recommended amongst others that Rivers State owned Universities should integrate comprehensive computer skills training into
the Business Education curriculum to ensure students develop proficiency in essential software and digital tools, thereby
increasing their employability in the modern workplace, organize workshops, seminars, and hands-on sessions that expose
students to new and emerging technologies.
