The focus of this study was to assess the level of awareness of technology literacy among the students of Benue state University, Makurdi. The study adopted a descriptive survey design and a stratified random sampling technique used in drawing out a sample of 100 students randomly selected from the population of 400 students drawn from both the sciences and non-science. Consequently, three research questions were stated as well as two null hypotheses formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance, while the statistical method was used in analysing the data collected through a structured questionnaire, the main instrument for data collection was the mean, standard deviation and t-test. The result of the study revealed that the students were minimally aware of the implications of technology literacy, and that gender is not a significant factor influencing the extent to which male and female students are aware of the implications of technology literacy. The study concluded by recommending "that technology education' is taught at GST section in Nigerian universities.
Key words: Assessment, Awareness, Technology, Literacy and Students.
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