STRATEGIES CONSIDERED EFFECTIVE FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE IN BUSINESS EDUCATION PROGRAMME IN NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES
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This study was conducted using survey design to determine business educators' rating of strategies considered to be effective for quality assurance in business education programme in south-south Nigerian universities. Sixty-eight business educators drawn from the universities in south-south Nigeria that offer business education constituted the population and sample for the study. The study was guided by three research questions and three null hypotheses. The study utilized a validated four point scale questionnaire with a reliability coefficient of 0.84 using Crombach Alpha analysis. Mean and standard deviation were used to analyze the data collected in order to answer the research questions while the null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance using z-test statistic. It was found that moderation of examinations, inservice education and proper funding were rated as effective strategies for quality assurance in business education. It was therefore recommended, among others, that the entire strategies put in place for assuring quality in business education should be
properly monitored and regularly appraised in terms of effective control to achieve the desired results.
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