ASSESSMENT OF THE INPUT DIMENSION FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE IN BUSINESS TEACHER EDUCATION AT THE NCE LEVEL IN NIGERIA.
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This paper assesses the input dimension of quality assurance for Business Teacher education at NCE level. A survey research was adopted to elicit responses from a total population 98 and sample of 60 Business educators with three years working experiences currently serving in different Federal Colleges of Education in south south, Nigerian. The purposive sampling technique was adopted. Questionnaire was designed to elicit responses from the respondents and was sent out to a contact person in each college used for the study through post. The filled questionnaires were returned through the post office. Only 52 were received back and used for data analysis. The data collected were analyzed using Average Weighted Mean. The findings revealed that moral decadence among students compromised the credibility of the standard of grades obtained by most students in SSCE. Poor conduct of post UTME test, students' lack of background in business subjects; ethnicity, nepotism and corruption are factors
affecting the selection of quality students for Business Education programme are
inadequately provided for and the most of the lecturers lack relevant ICT skills to prepare students for modern business world. The curriculum content for Business Teacher Education also needs to be revisited in order to remove those contents that are not of relevant to today's business operations. It was recommended among other things that Government in collaboration with the private sector who has much to benefit from the success of quality Business education programme in Nigeria should come to the aid of the programme at all level by equipping the school or department with appropriate facilities that will the attainment of standards.
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