BUSINESS EDUCATION SKILLS: TOOLS FOR SUSTAINABLE OPTION IN A RECESSED ECONOMY
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The paper assessed Business Education skills:Tools for Sustainable Option in a Recessed Economy. The study adopted the descriptive survey design. Two research questions and one null hypothesesguided the stud. The population of the study comprised 60 business education lecturers
from Federal College of Education (Technical) Bichi, Kano and Federal College of Education (Technical) Gombe State. Questionnaire was used to collect data for the study.Data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation to answer the research questions and t-test for testing the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance.The findings of the study revealed that Innovative marketing skills and management skills are needed for self sustainable option in a recessed depressed economy.It was concluded that Business Education students , need innovative marketing skill and management competencies for self- reliant and job creation .
Key Word:Innovative marketing skill, Management skill, Business Education, self sustainable
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