ICT IN NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT: THE CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS FOR BUSINESS EDUCATION PROGRAMME IN NIGERIAN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS
Abstract
Occasionally, educational programme are reviewed to accommodate modern kinds especially in line with the country’s goals and aspirations. business education, which is often regarded as education for and about business, is an umbrella for OTM, Accounting and Marketing courses cannot be an exception. The paper discusses the meaning of business education and its goals, the concept of ICT and its integration into business education programme for national development. The need for
business education, challenges associated with business education programme and benefits accruable to it in Nigerian tertiary institutions were also enumerated It concluded by highlighting several gains the nation’s tertiary institutions stand to benefit through effective integration of ICT especially into business education programme. The paper therefore, recommends among others that the curriculum of business education programme should be restructured in other to accommodate
more ICT courses and ensure uniformity.
Keywords: ICT, National Development, Business Education, Tertiary Institutions
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