BUSINESS EDUCATORS’ PERCEPTION ON GREEN SKILLS NEEDED IN BUSINESS EDUCATION CURRICULUM FOR CREATING A SUSTAINABLE SOCIETY IN NIGERIA
Abstract
The study examined business educators’ perception on green skills needed in business education curriculum for creating a sustainable society in Nigeria. One research question and three hypotheses
guided the study. A survey research design was adopted for the study. The population consisted of 122 business educators in tertiary institutions in Delta State. A validated 5-point scale questionnaire
containing 12 items was used for data collection. Internal consistency of the instrument was determined by administering it to 20 business educators in Edo State and using Cronbach alpha to obtain reliability
coefficient of 0.84. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research question and determine the homogeneity or otherwise of the respondents’ means while t-test was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Findings of the study revealed that business educators perceived that waste management skills, wealth regeneration skills, climate change and ecological consultancy skills were very highly needed while water management skills, tourism management skills, energy distribution and recycling business skills among others were highly needed in business education curriculum for the creation of a sustainable society in Nigeria irrespective of their gender, institution type and age. The study concluded that business educators highly needed green skills in business education curriculum to produce students that will set innovative business firms and pursue selfemployment ventures in the green economy to facilitate the creation of sustainable society in Nigeria.
The study recommended among others that the National Universities Commission (NUC), National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) and National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE) should design a curriculum for green economy and skills in business education programmes in the nation’s tertiary institutions in order to help promote sustainable society in Nigeria.
Keywords: Sustainable society, business education curriculum and green skills
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