CORRELATES OF INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURIAL EDUCATION AND ECONOMIC SELF-RELIANCE INITIATIVE OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

The study examines the relationship of information and communication technology, entrepreneurial education and economic self- reliance initiative of university undergraduates in Ogun State. Three hypotheses were formulated for the survey research design study. A total of 2400 participants constitute the sample for the study. Three adapted and validated scales were used as instrument to measure the extent of the relationship while data collected were analysed with Pearson product moment correlation. The results shows that there is significant relationship between ICT and entrepreneurial education (r=0.76; p<0.05), there exist significant relationship between entrepreneurial education and economic self-reliance initiative of the university undergraduates (r=0.69;p<0.05) and there is significant relationship between ICT and economic self-reliance initiative of the university undergraduates(r=0.85; p<0.05).Based on the findings it is recommended that the use of ICT platforms(social media) should be further encouraged to provid current information on entrepreneurial education in order to promote the spirit of self-reliant among university students.