Citation :

Ruchi Raghav, Shashi Malik, Ambrish Kumar, Anjana, "Effectiveness of ICT-Based Program in Enhancing Self-Efficacy and Employability Skills of Undergraduate Students in Higher Education," International Journal of Computer Trends and Technology (IJCTT), vol. 74, no. 8, pp. 63-67, 2026. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/22312803/IJCTT-V74I8P107

Abstract

This study investigates how well an ICT-based educational program improves undergraduate students' self-efficacy and employability abilities. Using a sample of forty students, a one-group pre-test and post-test quasi-experimental approach was used. Over the course of a semester, the intervention was delivered through digital assignments, interactive learning activities, and multimedia technologies. Data were collected using standardized self-efficacy and employability questionnaires, t-tests and effect size assessments were utilized to assess the results. The findings showed that ICT-based intervention had a substantial influence on both self-efficacy and employability abilities, with large effect sizes (d > 1.7), and statistically significant gains (p < 0.05). The results imply that student’s self-efficacy and employability skills are improved by ICT-supported learning.

Keywords

ICT, Self -Efficacy, Employability Skills, Higher Education, Quasi-Experimental Design.

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