AN ASSESSMENT OF THE LEVEL OF ECONOMICS EDUCATION STUDENTS UTILIZATION OF SOCIAL MEDIA FOR ACADEMICS IN THE UNIVERSITY OF BENIN. BENIN CITY

The study dealt on the assessment of the level of Educational economics students utilization of social media for academics in the University of Benin, Benin City. To achieve the purpose of the study, four research questions were raised and examined. The sample size for the study was made up of 100 students which were randomly selected from the 100 -400 level economics education students of 2022/2023 session in the Department of
Educational Management, Faculty of Education in the University of Benin. The questionnaire was the instrument was the instrument for data collection. The descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. An analysis of data was done using mean score. Criterion mean score of 2.50 was used as selection criterion. The findings from the study include that there is high level of education economics students’ utilization of social media for academics in the University of Benin, Benin City. It was also concluded that there is high level of education economics students’ utilization of social media for
assignments, tutorials and course works in the University of Benin, Benin City. It was therefore recommended that education economics students should be encouraged to effectively utilize social media platforms for their academic work.