INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) PROCTIVITY AND PRESENTATION COMPETENCIES REQUIRED FOR EFFECTIVE BUSINESS EDUCATION PROGRAMME AS PERCIEVED BY BUSINESS EDUCATORS IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONSIN ANAMBRA STATE

A. C. Okoye (PhD), Fidelia Chinelo Ugwuogo

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The study was carried out to determine the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) productivity competencies and presentation competencies required for effective business education programme as perceived by business educators in tertiary institutions in Anambra State.  Design of the study was descriptive survey.  The population of the study consisted of 96 business educators in five tertiary institutions in Anambra State that offer business education.  Due to the manageable size, there was no sampling (Nwana, 2015).  Two research questions guided the study and two null hypotheses formulated were tested at .05 level of significance using the t-test.  The instrument used for the study was structured questionnaire. The questionnaires were administered to all business educators in the five tertiary institutions in Anambra State that offer business education programme. The instrument was validated by two experts and the reliability yielded 0.84 using Cronbach Alpha.  Data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation. Findings from the study revealed that ICT productivity competencies and ICT presentation competencies are required to a very high extent for effective business education programme.  Based on the findings of the study, the researcher concluded that Information and Communication Technology (ICT) productivity competencies and presentation competencies are required for effective business education programme in tertiary institutions in Anambra State. The researcher recommended among others that Nigerian Universities and Colleges of Education should introduce ICT literacy as a full fledge credit course at all levels of their curriculum programmes and make it a core course. This will go a long way to equip prospective teachers with requisite ICT productivity and presentation skills before employment.  Government and school administrators should assist Universities and Colleges of Education with enough ICT facilities/tools which will enhance the teaching and learning and also create constant avenues of business educators attending on the job training, Workshops, Conferences on ICT staff development.

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Business Education, Information and Communication Technology, ICT Productivity Competencies, ICT Presentation Competencies

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