NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN BUSINESS EDUCATION: CHALLENGES AND THE WAY FORWARD
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The paper addresses New Technologies in Business Education: Challenges and the way forward. Business Education which is an integral component of Vocational Education in Nigeria’s education system is a component of Vocational Technical Education (VTE) programme that prepares an individual for career in business and also to be an intelligent consumer of economic goods and
services. This paper highlighted the objectives of business education, new technologies in business education and the challenges of implementing the new technologies in business education. The paper concluded that today’s business educators should have the skills and competencies in interacting with the vast world of knowledge and specifically, the skills and know-how in handling and working with these new technologies. It equally added that students of business education should be trained to meet the market demands of the various occupations. The author went further to proffer some recommendations that would help in the full implementation of the new technologies in Business
Education in order to achieve the objectives of the programme.
Key words: Technology, Vocational Technical Education, Business Education, Challenges
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