EXTENT OF PROVISION OF INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES AND PHYSICAL FACILITIES IN THE BUSINESS EDUCATION CURRICULUMIN SELECTED TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN SOUTH EAST, NIGERIA

Abstract

The study investigated the extent of provision of instructional resources and physical facilities in business education (OTM) programme in selected 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 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 researcher. The test of reliability of the instrument using Cronbach Alpha yielded coefficient values of 0.85 and 0.88 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 instructional resources and physical facilities are provided in the business education (OTM) programme in tertiary institutions in South East, Nigeria to a low extent. Based on these findings, the researcher recommended, among others, that Government at all levels should increase the budget allocation for instructional resources, such as workbooks, digital projectors and computers, to improve the quality of education