ASSESSMENT OF THE ADEQUACY OF BUSINESS EDUCATION CURRICULUM CONTENT FOR THE ACQUISITION OF OFFICE TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP SKILLS ACQUISITION IN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN EDO AND DELTA STATES

The study sought to assessthe adequacy of business education curriculum content for the
acquisition of office technology and management and entrepreneurship skills acquisition in
colleges of education in Edo and Delta States. Two research questions were raised and four
null hypotheses were tested. Descriptive survey research was adopted for the study. The entire
population of 120 business educators were studied without sampling. A structured and
validated two-point checklist was used for data collection. Since, the National Commission for
Colleges of Education (NCCE) Benchmark inventory is a standard checklist, the checklist was
not subjected to reliability procedures because the checklist is already validated and
standardized. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research question,’while ttest and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) were used to test the null hypotheses. Findings of the
study revealed that 68 contents of the curriculum are adequate and 46 contents are not
adequate for the acquisition of office technology and management skills. 11 contents of business
education curriculum are adequate and four contents are not adequate for the acquisition of
entrepreneurship skills. The study further disclosed that bbusiness educators based on their
years of experience and location did not differ significantly on their mean ratings on the
adequacy of business education curriculum content for the acquisition of office technology and
management skills and entrepreneurship skills among students. It was recommended among
others that business educators in Colleges of education should periodically invite office
technology and management experts and successful entrepreneurs to provide business
education students with first hand business experiences and practical workplace skills required
in the business world.

Assessment, College of Education, Business education, Office technology and management skills, Entrepreneurship skills,

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