CHALLENGES FACING CURRICULUM INNOVATION IN BUSINESS EDUCATION PROGRAMMES IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN ANAMBRA STATE

Abstract

This study examined some challenges facing curriculum innovation in business education programme in tertiary institutions in Anambra State. Two research questions were formulated to guide the study and two null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study adopted descriptive survey research design. The population of the study consisted of 91 business educators from four public tertiary institutions in Anambra State offering business education programme. A 20 items structured questionnaire titled “QCFCI” was used for data collection. Data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation for research question and t-test for hypotheses. Some findings of the study revealed that the respondents disagreed that there are enough human resources in Anambra State public tertiary institutions for curriculum innovations and also disagreed that instructional facilities and physical facilities does not affect curriculum innovations in business education programme. The test of hypotheses revealed that type of institution and gender of the business educators did not have a significant influence on their mean ratings of the variables covered. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that Federal and State government should grant business education department the permission to recruit more qualified and enough human resources, provide instructional and physical facilities to enable them effectively engage in teaching business education courses in the tertiary institutions.

Keywords: Curriculum Innovation, Business Education Programme, Tertiary Institutions.