ANALYSIS OF COMPUTER TRAINING SKILLS IN BUSINESS EDUCATION PROGRAMMES IN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION WITHIN NORTH-EASTERN STATES OF NIGERIA

Samson Agatha, Okereke Victoria E.

Abstract


This study investigated the extent to which business education programs in colleges of education of the north-eastern states of Nigeria exposed their students to computer skills during their training. Specifically, the study was designed to survey the institutions’ computer curriculum in line with NCCE requirement in order to ascertain if the sampled schools adhere to standard practice stipulated by the regulatory bodies. Four research questions guided the study. The area of the study covered the north-eastern Nigeria and the population consists of 600 NCE III students and six head of departments. A checklist and a forty-two items questionnaire were used as the instrument for data collection for the study. The data collected were analyzed using mean. The study revealed that the various types of training were to a large extent needed by the students. In addition, the analysis revealed that the courses were to a moderate extent relevant in terms of employability skills by the employers of labour and inadequacy of facilities has resulted to over crowdedness. It was recommended that, computers should be used for training students in business education and also, more computer courses should be introduced to the school curriculum according to the required minimum standard for business education by NCCE.


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