INFLUENCE OF APPRAISAL ON THE QUALITY OF BUSINESS EDUCATION PROGRAMME IN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN SOUTHWEST NIGERIA
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The study was conducted to ascertain the influence of appraisal on the quality of business education programme in colleges of education in southwest Nigeria. Three research questions and hypotheses were developed to guide the study. Descriptive survey design was used in the study. A 4-point scale self-structured questionnaire tiled: Questionnaire on Appraisal of Business Teacher Education Programme in Colleges of Education (QABTEPCE) was used for data collection. The instrument was tested for reliability using Cronbach Alpha and it yielded a reliability coefficient of 0.79. The sample of the study comprised 135 Business Educators: 63 males and 72 females in 14 public colleges of education in Southwest, Nigeria. Mean and standard deviation were used to analyze the data and find answers to the research questions, while t-test was used to test the research hypotheses. The results of the research questions revealed that appraisal of business teacher education programme in colleges of education in the Southwest, Nigeria has positive influence on the quality of business educators, availability of instructional facilities and the quality of graduates. Also, the hypotheses suggested that there is no significant gender difference in the mean responses of business educators on influence of the appraisal of business teacher education programme in colleges of education on the quality of business educators; there is no significant difference in the mean responses of business educators in federal and state colleges of education on the influence of the appraisal of business teacher education programme on the availability of instructional facilities and there is no significant difference in the mean responses of male and female business educators on influence of appraisal of business teacher education programme in colleges of education on the quality of graduates. Based on the findings it was recommended that performance appraisal should be regularly conducted in colleges of education.
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