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VOL. 8, ISSUE 3 (2023)
Emerging technologies as catalyst for youth empowerment at secondary level of education in Imo state, Nigeria
Authors
OLIOBI Gertrude I, OJULE Lawrence C, MADU Onyewuchi M
Abstract
The study focused on emerging
technologies as catalyst for youth empowerment at secondary level of education in
Imo state. Three research questions and three hypotheses were posed
to guide the study. The descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study with a
population of 3,154 teaching staff in the 597 secondary schools in Imo State. The
sample size was 824 representing 26.1% of the population drawn using
proportionate stratified random sampling techniques. The research instrument was
titled “Emerging Technologies as Catalyst for Youth Empowerment Questionnaire
(ETCYEQ)”, structured by the researchers and validated by experts with reliability
co-efficient of 0.81 determined with Cronbach’s Alpha statistics. The data
collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics of mean and standard
deviation to answer the research questions. The hypotheses were tested using z-test
statistics at 0.05 alpha level. The study found among others that the following
are the ways emerging technologies can foster youth empowerment: emerging
technologies equip youths with skill sets for today's world of work; with
emerging technologies the youths are empowered with new business ventures in every
sector; technology empowers the youths by giving them ownership of how they learn,
access information and preparing them for their futures; and so on. It was
recommended among others that the State government with relevant policies
should address the issue of youth empowerment through emerging technologies in
educational institutions to enable the youths realize their potentials in the
world of today.
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Pages:44-48
How to cite this article:
OLIOBI Gertrude I, OJULE Lawrence C, MADU Onyewuchi M "Emerging technologies as catalyst for youth empowerment at secondary level of education in Imo state, Nigeria". International Journal of Advanced Research and Development, Vol 8, Issue 3, 2023, Pages 44-48
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