BUSINESS EDUCATORS’ PERCEPTION OF MEASURES CAPABLE OF CURBING CORRUPTION IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN KWARA STATE

Abstract

The study determined the perception of business educators on measures capable of curbing corruption in tertiary institutions in Kwara State. It adopted the descriptive survey design. Population of the study consisted of 94 business educators from tertiary institutions in Kwara State. The entire population was used for the study. A research question to determine the business educators’ perception of measures to curb corruption in tertiary institutions in Kwara State was assessed using mean and standard deviation while two hypotheses were tested using independent t-test at 0.05 level of significance. A validated questionnaire with reliability coefficient of 0.71 was used for data collection. Findings showed that all the 50 items generated for the study were perceived by business educators as capable of curbing corruption in tertiary institutions in Kwara State. The study revealed that there was no significant difference based on gender on the measures capable of curbing corruption among business educators in Kwara State.  There was also no significant difference between the perception of senior and junior business educators on the measures capable of curbing corruption in tertiary institutions in Kwara State. The study concluded that the fifty items listed in the questionnaire were measures capable of curbing corruption in the tertiary institutions.  It was recommended among others that there should be positive attitudinal change among educational stakeholders to embrace positive social value of honesty, integrity, discipline and sound moral standard in all academic programs of the institutions. Tertiary institutions should include corruption control courses in the school curriculum.

Keywords: Corruption, Business, Educators, Tertiary, Institutions, Perception, measures.