AVALIABILITY AND APPLICATION OF SOFTWARE PACKAGES IN THE TEACHING OF ACCOUNTING COURSES IN BUSINESS EDUCATION IN RIVERS STATE UNIVERSITIES
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The study determined the availability and application of modern software packages in the teaching of accounting courses in Business Education programme in Rivers State Universities. The research design adopted for the study was a survey research design. The entire population of 87 Business Educators made up of 20 from Rivers State University and 67 from Ignatius Ajuru University of Education respectively was used for the study. There was no sampling and the researchers developed 20 item structured questionnaires for data collection of the study. The responses on the questionnaire were structured on a 4-point rating scale namely; Very High Extent (VHE), High Extent (HE), Moderate Extent (ME), And Low Extent (LE) for research question two. The research questions were answered using the weighted Mean and Standard Deviation (SD) while the hypotheses were tested using t-test statistical tool to determine the difference in the mean responses of Business lecturers from Rivers State University and Ignatius Ajuru University of Education in respect to the availability and application of accounting software packages. The research instrument was validated by two Business Educators and one Measurement and Evaluation experts. Reliability level for the instrument was established using a test-re-test method and 0.75 was obtained meaning that the instrument is appropriate and reliable for this study. The decision rule stands to accept points up to 2.5 of the mean and above, for the research questions, are to null hypotheses was be accepted when the t-test calculated is less than the t-critical value, if otherwise rejected. The two hypotheses were rejected which showed that there is significant difference between the opinion in the two hypotheses at 0.05% level of significance. It is recommended that the Business Educators that are teaching Accounting courses must acquire the practical skills in Accounting software packages.
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