Acquisition of E-Business Competencies for Enhancing Economics Education Students’ Career Prospects

Résumé

The study was carried out to investigate the acquisition of electronic-business competencies for enhancing Economics education students’ career prospects. The sample size of the study consists of 35 Economics educators from tertiary institutions. The study was guided by three research questions. The study adopted the descriptive survey research design. The instrument used for data collection was a questionnaire validated by three experts while the reliability of the instrument was determined using the test-retest method with a reliability index of 0.79. The mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions. The finding revealed that for the enhancement of Economics Education students’ career prospects the students required the following e-business competencies; e-accounting, e-communication and e-banking. Thus, it was recommended among others that school management should encourage and motivate staff (Economics Educators) to attend conferences and workshop to enable them engage with their colleagues and exchange ideas on the current happening in the e-business world, curriculum content and methodologies as this will help to improve the quality of Economics education graduates and enhance their career prospects.