Perceived Strategies for Enhancing Quality Assurance in Business Education in Delta State.

P. E. Okoro

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The study investigated strategies for Enhancing quality assurance in business education for sustainable development.  One research question was raised for the study.  The descriptive survey design was adopted for this study. The population comprises 106 lecturers in business education programme in 7 colleges of education in Delta State and Delta State University Abraka, which also served as sample since the population was manageable.  The questionnaire containing Twenty-one (21) items was used for data collection. The questionnaire has two parts.  Part A (3 items of demographic variable of the respondents- Sex, Institution and experience). Part B (18 items based on the research question used for the study. The questionnaire was validated by five experts in business education and three experts in measurement and evaluation in Delta State University Abraka.  The questionnaire has a reliability coefficient of 0.89 through Cronbach Apha. Data were analyzed using mean and standard deviation. The findings are Comprehensive curriculum design, adequate lecture room, adequate library spaces, adequate laboratory equipment among others.  It was recommended among others that adequate comprehensive curriculum design, lecture rooms, adequate laboratory equipment should be provided by the Institution authorities for enhancing quality assurance for sustainable development.

 


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