Impact of perceived health hazards of smartphone usage on learners’ productivity in technical and vocational education and training institutions in Lagos State

Abstract

This study investigated the impact of perceived health hazards of smartphone usage on learners’ productivity in technical and vocational education and training institutions in Lagos State. Descriptive research design was used for this study. the population for this work consists of all technical education students in tertiary institutions in lagos state. a sample of one hundred (100) students from three institutions namely Ogunsanya College of Education, Oto-Ijanikin, Federal College Of Education (Technical), Akoka and Yaba College of Technology all in Lagos State. A stratified sampling technique was used because the researcher was concerned primarily on sample from technical department and then a simple sampling technique was then employed to select samples across the stratified institution. A questionnaire tagged ‘Impact of Perceived Health Hazards of Mobile Telephones Usage on Technical Students” was used to generate data for this study. Split half method of reliability was used to determine the reliability co-efficient value of 0.77. The use of student t-test (t-test), chi-square and multiple regression (r) statistical analysis was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Findings from this study revealed that the use of cell phones is very good and has so many positivity attached to its usage, but beneath it lies hazardous impacts with respect to its usage. It was recommended that enlightenment programmes should be put in place to educate the students on the health hazards of the mobile telephone use. Also, enforcement of existing laws on defaulters who use this device while driving and in classroom while teaching and learning was also recommended.