Strategies for Management of Business Education Programme in Colleges of Education in Adamawa and Taraba States, Nigeria

Abstract

The main purpose of the study is to determine strategies for management of business education programme in colleges of education in Adamawa and Taraba States. The study which adopted a descriptive survey research design was conducted in northeast Nigeria and had three research questions and three null hypotheses. The study population consisted of 84 participants, including 71 lecturers and 13 administrative staff from the three selected colleges. Given the manageable size of the population, census sampling technique was applied. A structured questionnaire developed by the researcher titled: " Strategies for Management of Business Education Programme Questionnaire (SMBEPQ)" was used as instrument for data collection. The instrument was validated by experts and a reliability index of 0.89 was obtained using Cronbach Alpha. Mean statistic was used to answer the research questions while Anova was used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Findings of the study revealed that there were no differences in the mean scores of the respondents as regard to their opinion on strategies of staff recruitment for management of business education programme in colleges of education in Adamawa and Taraba States: it further revealed that both Lecturers and management staff strongly agreed that strategic staff training and development programme are effective for management of business education programme in colleges of education in Adamawa and Taraba States. Based on the findings, the study recommended that Government, at both state and federal levels, should implement a strategic approach to staff recruiting for the advancement of business education programs in Colleges of Education; Stakeholders/Management Board to formulate a strategic training and development program for Business Education lecturers to enhance instructional delivery in Colleges of Education.