EVALUATION: A CATALYST FOR SKILL ACQUISITION IN BUSINESS EDUCATION

Abstract

Evaluation is an integral part of human life whose outcome could lead to effective teaching and learning that would result into effective acquisition of skills. This paper looked at the concepts of business education, skills acquisition as well as evaluation and established that evaluation is a catalyst for skill acquisition in Business education due to the fact that it could lead to development of a viable business education curriculum, deployment of quality human and material resources, qualitative and effective teaching, admission of quality students and helps in determining the number of students to be admitted in a given a period for effective skill acquisition in business education. It is also a stimulant to learning because the students could use its feedback to remedy poor performance, improve on an average performance or maintain a good performance. The paper concluded that effective evaluation of business education is a potent tool for skill acquisition in business education and would make the products to be well equipped with skills that will lead to effective and efficient discharge of tasks before them in the world of work, and be able to compete with their contemporaries anywhere in the world. Finally, the paper among others suggests that business education programme should be adequately evaluated, facilities required for evaluation should be adequately provided and window dressing for purpose of deceiving the accreditation team as well as school inspectors and supervisors should be avoided by administrators of business education. This is because; it is detrimental to skillacquisition

Keywords: Evaluation, Catalyst, Skills, Acquisition, Business education