An Analysis of Gender Internet Utilization among Science Education Students of Federal University of Technology Minna.

Abstract

The study investigated gender utilization of the Internet among science education students of the Federal University of Technology, Minna. A 4point scale questionnaire with 25 items was used as the instrument for data collection. It was face validated by experts and has a reliability coefficient of 0.66 using Kuder Richardson (KR) 20. One hundred twenty-three students constituted the sample for the study. The data obtained were analyzed using Chi-square statistics (X2). The findings show that there are differences in male and female science education students’ utilization of Internet facilities. Therefore, it was recommended that the university partner with Internet Service Providers (ISP) to fast tract Internet Usage in both university campuses.