Implementation Of Business Education (Otm) Curriculum Content And Human Resource Provision In Selected Tertiary Institutions In South East, Nigeria

The study investigated the extent of implementation of business education (OTM) curriculum content and provision of human resources in tertiary institutions in South East, Nigeria. Two research questions guided the study and two null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. Survey research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprised 110 business education OTM lecturers in selected public tertiary institutions in South East, Nigeria. The entire population was used as the sample size for the study. The instrument for data collection was a validated structured questionnaire developed by the researchers. The test of reliability of the instrument using Cronbach Alpha yielded coefficient values of 0.87 and 0.86 for clusters 1 and 2 respectively.. The mean value was used to answer the research questions while the standard deviation was used to ascertain the homogeneity or otherwise of the respondents’ responses. t-test was used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Findings of the study revealed, among others, that the curriculum content and human resources aspects of the business education (OTM) curriculum are implemented to a high extent in tertiary institutions in South East, Nigeria. Based on these findings, the researchers recommended, among others, that administrators of business education (OTM) programme in tertiary institutions should promote continuous assessment of the curriculum content to ensure it remains up-to-date and relevant to industry standards.