IMPROVING BUSINESS EDUCATION PROGRAMMES THROUGH EFFECTIVE SCHOOL-INDUSTRY COLLABORATION FOR NATION BUILDING
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The study determined ways of improving business education programmes through effective school-industry collaboration for nation building in tertiary institutions in Anambra State. Three research questions guided the study and three null hypotheses were tested. A descriptive survey research design was adopted. The population of the study consisted of 96 business educators in tertiary institutions that offer business education programme in Anambra State. No sample was taken, as the population size was manageable. A structured 21-items validated questionnaire was used for data collection. The questionnaire was validated by three experts, two experts in business education and one in measurement and evaluation form Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. The reliability of the instrument was ensured using pilot test, which was analyzed using Cronbach Alpha and its yielded reliability co-efficient of 0.84.Data related to the research questions were analyzed using mean and standard deviation while t-test was used to test the null hypotheses. The findings from the study revealed that respondents rated research and innovation, knowledge transfer and employability, and teaching and learning improves business education programmes through effective school-industry collaboration in tertiary institutions to a high extent for n promoting nation building. The study revealed that business educators in universities did not differ significantly from business educators in colleges of education on the extent research and innovation, knowledge transfer and employability, and teaching and learning in tertiary institutions in Anambra State. It was concluded that business education programmes need to be improve through research and innovation, knowledge transfer and employability, and teaching and learning for nation building. Analysis have shown that the school-industry collaboration has no significant influence on research and innovation, knowledge transfer and employability, teaching and learning in business education programmes in Anambra State, Nigeria. It was recommended, among others, that school offering business education programmes should collaborate effectively in order to tap the dynamisms of the current workplace to the full so as to produce business education graduates who will be able to fit in and succeed in the world of work.
Keywords: Improving, business education programmes school-industry collaboration, nation building
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