ASSESSMENT OF THE CONTRIBUTION OF OFFICE TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME ON SKILL DEVELOPMENT FOR SELF-RELIANCE IN BALI LOCAL GOVERNMENT TARABA STATE
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The paper assessed the contribution of office technology and management programme on skill development for self-reliance in Bali Local Government Taraba State. The study was guided by two research questions and two null hypotheses. The population and sample of the study comprised of 10 lecturers and 43 graduates of OTM who are self-reliant in Bali Local Government. Structured questionnaire titled Contribution of Office Technology and Management Programme on Skill Development Questionnaire (COTMPSDQ) with 4-point scale and 21 constructs was used to elicit data from the respondents. The instrument was duly validated. The reliability of the instrument was determined using cronbach Alpha method and it yielded a coefficient of 0.83. The 53 questionnaires were personally administered and collected by the researcher. 49 of the questionnaires were properly filled and used for the study and this represents 98% of the administered questionnaire. Mean and Standard Deviation were used to answer the research questions while t-test statistics was employed to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The study found that OTM programme has equipped many graduates in Bali LGA for self-reliance. Other findings were that many graduates of OTM are willing to be self-reliant and graduates who are self-employed are very efficient in their business. The results of the hypotheses further revealed that there is no significant difference between the mean responses of lecturers and graduates on all the items. Thus, inference drawn was that the lecturers and graduates did not differ in their opinion on the contribution of OTM programme on skill development for self-reliance in Bali LGA. Based on these findings the study recommended amongst others that OTM lecturers should always encourage the students to be innovative and contribute in the improvement of the economy after graduation instead of remaining idle waiting for paid jobs.
Keywords: Office Technology and Management, programme, Skill Development, Self-reliance.
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