EFFECT OF ABSENCE OF WIRELESS HOTSPOT ON STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN EBONYI STATE

Abstract

The study sought to find the effect of absence of wireless hotspot on students’ performance on computer science students in tertiary institutions in Ebonyi State Nigeria. Four research questions guided the study. Two hundred respondents were drawn by simple random sampling from five public tertiary institutions in Ebonyi State. Data were collected using a 20 item (grouped of fives each) researcher formulated structured questionnaire. The Cronbach alpha was used to establish the reliability coefficient (r). This was found out to be 0.68. data was analyzed using mean and chi-square. Results showed amongst others that absence of wireless hotspot technology affects students of computer science disciplines, and that government plays great roles in enhancing academic performance of students. It was recommended that wireless hotspot technologies should be provided, and should be fully functional where available. Besides, government should properly fund institutions and that wireless hotspot technologies in tertiary institutions should be backed by law.