Assessment of Digital Tools and Platforms in Revamping Entrepreneurship Education for Skills Acquisition in Colleges of Education in Anambra State

Abstract

The study was undertaken to determine digital tools and platforms for revamping Entrepreneurship education for skills acquisition in colleges of education in Anambra state. A descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study was 105 digitally literate teaching staff (respondents) in FCE (T) Umunze and Nwafor Orizu College of Education, Nsugbe, all in Anambra state. The entire population constituted the sample for the study because of its manageable size. Three research questions were raised, and two null hypotheses were formulated that guided the study and were tested at a 0.05 level of significance. An instrument captioned: Digital Tools and Platforms for Revamping Entrepreneurship Education for skills acquisition questionnaire (DTPFREEFSA) was developed by the researchers and used for data collection. The questionnaire was validated by three specialists, and a pilot test of the instrument was carried out. A reliability coefficient of 0.85 was obtained using Cronbach's Alpha reliability method, which was considered appropriate for the study. Data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation, while the t–test statistic was used to test the two null hypotheses. Findings revealed, among others, that lecturers were unaware of the use of digital tools and platforms for the impartation of entrepreneurial skills.  Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that teachers should be retrained for capacity development and emerging technology skills for teaching and learning, among others