[01] Franklin Ohiole Ohiwerei, Department of Vocational and Technical Education, Faculty of Education, Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State, Nigeria.

This research was conducted to ascertain the level of utilization of information and communication technology equipment in teaching of business education courses in the Department of Business Education in Universities in Nigeria. A population of 117 business education lecturers in seven federal and state universities of south-south geo-political zone of Nigeria was used. The instrument for data collection was a four point scale questionnaire. Two research questions were answered using mean () and standard deviation. Hypotheses 1-2 were tested using t-test statistics. All the hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The results shows that Federal universities and state universities differ significantly in the mean () ratings of utilization of ICT equipment for teaching accounting education courses. The federal universities had a higher proportion of the utilization of ICT equipment compared to the state universities for teaching accounting education courses. The null hypothesis was retained because the critical t-value was greater than the calculated t-value. This is because federal universities and state universities do not differ significantly in their mean () ratings of utilization of ICT equipment for teaching marketing education courses. The null hypothesis was rejected because the calculated t-value was greater than critical t-value. Conclusion and recommendations were made.

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