ASSESSMENT OF SKILLS ACQUIRED BY BUSINESS EDUCATION STUDENTS FOR EFFECTIVE EXPLORATION OF DIGITAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AMONG UNIVERSITIES IN LAGOS STATE

Abstract

The study examines assessment of skills acquired by business education students for effective exploration of digital entrepreneurship opportunities among universities in Lagos State. Though the move to a digital entrepreneurship economy has started in the post-industrial era, its growth was sluggish globally, however, the sudden occurrence of Covid-19 has been recorded to have hastened the process and provided numerous chances for digital innovation and opportunities. Meanwhile, business education is a program based on a vision and a set of competencies designed to prepare students to become knowledgeable, ethical business decision-makers and entrepreneurs. In carrying out the study, the descriptive research design was adopted. The study population was 212 final-year business education students in the University of Lagos and Lagos State University, out of which only 132 students were sampled for the study. An instrument titled the “Digital Entrepreneurial Skills of Business Education Students Questionnaire (DESBESQ)” was used to collect data needed for the study. Inferential statistics of independence sample t-test were used to test the hypotheses formulated at a 0.05 level of significance. The findings showed that not all variable the table shows a p-value (0.326), which is higher compared to the significant value of 0.05, for 130 degrees of freedom. The finding reveals that there is no significant difference in the level of skills acquired by business education students for the effective exploration of e-commerce opportunities among Universities in Lagos State. It was concluded that there is a need to develop their skills in digital marketing and e-content writing and there is a need for universities to provide business education students with the necessary training and education to develop their skills in these areas.