This study identified the Internet and Data Processing Skills Needed by Teachers of Business Studies in Boarding Secondary Schools in Ebonyi State. Four research questions and three null hypotheses guided the study. The study adopted a descriptive survey design and focused on boarding secondary schools in Ebonyi State. The population of the study comprised all the 157 business studies teachers in the 31 boarding secondary schools in Ebonyi State. There was no sampling because the population was relatively small. The instrument for data collection was structured questionnaire developed by the researcher on the ICT skills. The ICT skills questionnaire was face validated by three experts from Ebonyi State University, 3 from business education and two from measurement and Evaluation. The reliability of the questionnaire was determined using Cronbach Alpha reliability procedure. The entire questionnaire instrument yielded an alpha 0.84 which shows that the instrument was reliable for the study. Data was analyzed using mean and standard deviation for the research questions while the hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance using t-test and analysis of Variance (ANOVA). The finding of the study revealed that business studies teachers in boarding secondary schools needed Internet skills and data processing skills to a very high level. In addition, the null hypotheses which stated that there is no significant difference in the mean response of business studies teachers based on their gender and qualification on ICT skills needed by business studies teachers were accepted. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that business studies teachers should be trained on the use of Information and Communication Technology skills so that teaching with ICT facilities will be their task.
Keywords: ICT, Information and Communication Technology, Internet, Skills, business studies, data processing
