THE READINESS OF BUSINESS EDUCATORS IN DISCHARGING THEIR LEGITIMATE DUTIES FOR EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF BUSINESS EDUCATION PROGRAMMES

Abstract

The need to improve the quality of business education programme necessitated this work.  The study examined the readiness of business educators in discharging their legitimate duties in the effective implementation of business education programme in chosen tertiary institutions in Anambra State.  Two research questions guided the study and two null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance.  The study adopted survey research design.  The population of the study consisted of 91 business education lecturers from four public tertiary institutions in Anambra State offering business education.  A-20 items structured questionnaire were used for data collection.  Data collected were analysed using mean and standard deviation for research questions and t-test for hypotheses.  Some of the findings of the study showed that respondents disagree that there are adequate qualified lecturers in the business education department and few qualified business educators do not always show readiness in discharging their legitimate duties.  The test of hypotheses revealed that types of institution, years of teaching experience and educational qualification did not significantly influence their mean rating on the variables covered.  Based on the findings, it was recommended that federal and state governments should give business education department permission to recruit more qualified business educators for effective implementation of learners programme.