ASSESSMENT OF DATABASE MANAGEMENT AND WEBPAGE DESIGN COMPETENCIES POSSESSED BY OFFICE TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT GRADUATE WORKERS IN NORTH-WEST NIGERIA POLYTECHNICS

The need to improve computer application competencies of graduates of Office
Technology and Management (OTM) programme based on persistent complaints on
their lack of the relevant competencies by employers necessitated this study on
administrative supervisors’ assessment of database management and webpage
design competencies possessed by OTM graduate workers in North-West Nigeria
polytechnics.Two research questions guided the study and four null hypotheses
were tested.Descriptive survey research design was used for the study.The
population was 378 administrative supervisors in state and federal polytechnics.
The population was used as sample. A structured 5-point rating scale questionnaire
containing 36 items in two clusters was validated by three experts from the Faculty
of Education, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka and used for data collection. The
reliability of the instrument was established using split-half with Pearson Product
Moment Correlation Co-efficient formula and reliability co-efficient value of 0.78
was obtained. Mean and standard deviation were employed to answer the research
questions and determine the homogeneity of the respondents’ views while t-test was
used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Findings revealed that
the OTM graduate workers possessed database management competencies at a
moderate level and possessed webpage design competencies at a little level. Gender
and ownership of the institution influenced the respondents’ views on database
management competencies of the OTM graduate workers but did not on webpage
design competencies. Based on the findings, it was concluded that the OTM
graduate workers in polytechnics in North-West Nigeria do not possess the relevant
competencies for effective utilization of database management and webpage design
applications. It was, therefore, recommended among others that OTM graduate
workers in North-West Nigeria Polytechnics should seek out and utilize selfsponsored opportunities to improve their level of competencies in the two
applications to enable them perform their duties effectively.

Administrative supervisors, OTM graduate workers, competency, database management application, webpage design application,

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