Determine the E-Learning Competencies Gap of Business Students in the North Central Polytechnic, Nigeria

This study was carried out to determine the e-learning competencies gap of business students in the North Central Polytechnic, Nigeria. To direct the study, two research questions guided the study and two null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The Cronbach Alpha coefficient measure of internal consistency was used to test the reliability value of the instrument. The results of the reliability test were 0.90, 0.91. The population of the study comprised 753 students of 2019/2020 HND business students in the North Central, Polytechnics. The study adopted complete enumeration method. A structured questionnaire was developed by the researcher and validated by three experts. The data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation to answer the research questions. The t- test was used to test the two null hypotheses. The data analysis revealed that business students in North Central, Polytechnics have competencies gap in e-learning internet and e-learning computer competencies to. Based on these findings, it was recommended that the federal government should provide the institutions with internet facilities so as to strengthen the internet competencies needed for e-learning. It was also recommended that and the accreditation teams of the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) should revise the syllabus of the Polytechnics to include virtual courses that will be internet-based through a well-established Learning Management System (LMS) tools such as Moodle and Blackboard . Keywords: E-learning, Internet, Computer, Competencies, Polytechnic DOI: 10.7176/JEP/12-23-04 Publication date: August 31 st 2021