Business Educators Perception of Digital Skills Required by Office Technology and Management Students for Employability

The management of any organization be it private or public expects its employees to possess relevant digital skills to perform effectively in this dispensation. The study examined business educators’ perception of digital skills required by Office Technology and Management students for employability. Based on the objectives of the study, two research questions guided the study. The study adopted descriptive survey research design. The population of the study consisted of 111 business educators drawn from Polytechnics in North-East Nigeria. The entire population was studied, no sample since the population was manageable. A structured questionnaire developed on a five point Likert rating scale tagged ‘’Business Educators perception of Digital Skills Required by Office Technology and Management students for Employability’’ (BEPDSOTMSE) with 23 items was used to elicit data from the respondents. The instrument was validated by three specialists in the field. The reliability of the instrument was determined using Cronbrach Alpha which yielded a co-efficient of 0.77 signifying that the instrument was reliable. Data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation. The findings of the study revealed that all the skills were highly required for employability by OTM students’ based on the perception of business educators. The researchers recommended among others that Management of institutions should ensure that orientation be given to prospective candidates which is vital in the early stage of entry into the Polytechnics about the skills required for employment.