Open AccessICT in a Digital Era a Means of Entrepreneurship and Wealth Creation for the Girl Child
Author(s) -
Emmanuel I. Tukur,
AUTHOR_ID,
A. Hyacinth Eneh,
Arinze Uchechukwu,
Daniel D. Wisdom,
Migdad B. Umar,
Joshua B. Hassan
Publication year - 2021
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
DOI - 10.22624/aims/isteams-2021/v27p18
Subject(s) - information and communications technology , entrepreneurship , sample (material) , livelihood , business , standard of living , descriptive statistics , test (biology) , independence (probability theory) , economic growth , girl , marketing , agriculture , economics , political science , psychology , geography , market economy , paleontology , developmental psychology , chemistry , statistics , mathematics , archaeology , finance , chromatography , law , biology
Information and Communication Technology, ICT have a direct impact on raising living standards and improving the quality of life of the poor. There is no doubt that countries that are making major progress in the area of wealth creation are those in the fore-front of developing, deploying and exploiting ICT within their economy and society. Also, Entrepreneurship is increasingly being accepted as an important and innovative strategy for improving the livelihood and economic independence of young people.However, ICT is believed to help the youths develop varied skills including entrepreneurial skills. This paper examines the role of ICT and Telecommunication as an Entrepreneurship, Wealth Creation and Implication for the Girl Child in Selected Science Secondary Schools in Kebbi State. The study adopted a descriptive survey design. The sample for the study consisted of 1,200 female students from the six (6) Girls science secondary schools in Kebbi State. A Structured questionnaire was developed by the researchers to collect information from the sample. The data collected was analyzed using inferential statistics (T-test). The paper concludes that ICT has a great role in improving the standard of living. Keywords: ICT, Telecommunications, Entrepreneurship and Wealth Creation.