¹Dr. ODUSANYA, Abosede Abolanle, ²Dr. ADEPOJU, Adenike Abiodun

¹Department of Business Education, Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun, Ogun State, Nigeria

²Department of Business Education, Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun, Ogun State, Nigeria

DOI : https://doi.org/10.58806/ijsshmr.2026.v5i2n01

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ABSTRACT

The study examined Microsoft excel skills as antidotes towards achievement of economic development among secretarial administration students. Two research questions guided the study. A descriptive survey research design. Was used. The population of this study comprised all postgraduate business education students in Olabisi Onabanjo University and Tai Solarin University of Education, Ogun State. A total of 100 postgraduate business education students in Olabisi Onabanjo University and Tai Solarin University of Education, Ogun State served as sample size of the study. Stratified sampling technique was used in the process of selecting the sample size with the view to ensure gender balance. Researcher developed instrument tagged: Microsoft Excel Skills and Economic Development Questionnaire (MESEDQ) with 0.87 as reliability coefficient was used for data collection. Research questions 1 and 2 were analyses using mean and standard deviation as well as Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC). The findings of the study revealed that manipulate skill, manipulating symbols, to print document skill, reprographic machines skills, change paper layout skill, save information skills, delete information skill, copy/paste information skill, merge two or more documents, assign files name, bold numbers skill and underscore words skill were among Microsoft excel skills needed for the achievement of economic development by secretarial administration students. There was relationship between Microsoft excel skills and achievement of economic development (r = 5.16, p < .05). The secretarial administration curriculum should seek to produce graduates that are critical and creative thinkers, with real skills, those who are ready to challenge the status quo, ready to make mistakes and learn from them. Graduates who are not afraid to put forward novel ideas, listen to others and be ready to compromise where necessary.

KEYWORDS:

Microsoft excel skills, Economic Development, Secretarial Administration Student

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Cite this Article:Abolanle, D. O. A., & Abiodun, D. A. A. (2026). Microsoft Excel Skills as Antidotes Towards Achievement of Economic Development among Secretarial Administration Students. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCE HUMANITY & MANAGEMENT RESEARCHS, 5(2), 268-272. https://doi.org/10.58806/ijsshmr.2026.v5i2n01

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