AI Awareness Among Polytechnic Students

Are students aware of AI tools — and are they actually using them?

365Sample size

1.71 vs 3.03Utilization gap

The Problem

Polytechnics needed data on whether students knew about and used AI tools like ChatGPT for professional communication, and what barriers existed.

Our Solution

Surveyed 365 final‑year students. Computed mean scores and Pearson correlations in Python; used Tableau to visualise the awareness–utilization gap and barrier rankings for faculty and administrators.

Impact

Striking awareness‑utilization gap (Awareness M = 3.03, Utilization M = 1.71)
Curriculum absence identified as top barrier (M = 4.24)
Direct policy recommendation to integrate AI tools into polytechnic curricula

Tech Stack

PythonpandasTableau