OFFICE TECHNOLOGY AND ACCOUNTING SKILLS POSSESSED BY BUSINESS EDUCATION STUDENTS IN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION FOR MANAGEMENT OF SMALL SCALE BUSINESSES IN ADAMAWA STATE
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This study was conducted to assessOffice Technologyand Accounting skills possessed by business education students in colleges of education for the managment of small scale business in Adamawa State. Descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The entire 189 final year students of business education from the two collges of education formed the population as there was no sampling. A 4-point likert rating scale with a structured questionaniare containing 31 items was
used to elicit responses from the respondents. The study made used of CronbachAlpha relaibility method to determine the internal consistency of the instrucment and reliability co-efficient of 0.87 was otbtained. The data collected were anlaysed using mean and standard deviation to answer the reserarch questions while t-test was used to testthe null hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed amongs others that office technology and accountingskills are
moderately possessed and that all the skills are highly required by both male and female students for effective management of small scale businesses. These skills if highly possessed will make business
education graduagte better prepared to take up jobs in organizatins and contribute meaningfully or be self-employed by establishing small and medium businesses. Therefore, recommendations were made, among others that the study of office technologyand managementshould be encouraged by all stakeholders, as it is geared towards office technology and entrepreneurail skills needed for the management of small scale businesses.
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