Ownership and Utilization of Personal ICTS among Undergraduates of Agriculture in Federal University Gashua, Nigeria

Abstract

The study investigated ownership and utilization of personal ICTs among agricultural undergraduates of Federal University Gashua, Yobe State. Primary data were collected with a structured questionnaire from 147undergraduate students studying agriculture using simple random sampling procedure. The results showed that majority (85.0%) of the respondents were males with the mean age of 23.4years. Most undergraduates owned mobile/camera phone (93.9%), internet/modem (60.5%), and had email addresses (79.6%) but the ownership of computer was low (42.2%). Slightly above average of the respondents (52.4%) had low utilization of ICTs and 51.7% had low ICTs skills respectively. There was a significant positive correlation between self perceived ICT skills (r= 0.574, p<0.05) and the utilization of ICTs. The study recommended that undergraduates studying agriculture should add computers to their ICT’s kit and also undergo ICTs training to boost their ICTs skills. ><0.05) and the utilization of ICTs. The study recommended that undergraduates studying agriculture should add computers to their ICT’s kit and also undergo ICTs training to boost their ICTs skills.