ROLE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) RESEARCH AND PROBLEM-SOLVING COMPETENCIES OF BUSINESS TEACHER EDUCATION FOR EMPLOYABILITY IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN ANAMBRA STATE.
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The study examined the role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) research and problem-solving competencies on business teacher education for employability in tertiary institutions in Anambra State. Design of the study was descriptive survey. The population of the study consisted of 96 business educators in five tertiary institutions in AnambraState that offer business education. Due to the manageable size, there was no sampling (Nwana, 2015). Two research questions guided the study and two null hypotheses formulated were tested at .05 level of significance using the t-test. The instrument used for data collection was a structured questionnaire. The questionnaires were administered to all business educators in the five tertiary institutions in Anambra State that offer business education programme. The instrument was validated by two experts and the reliability index yielded 0.84 using Cronbach Alpha method. Data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation. Findings from the study revealed that ICT research competencies and problem-solving competencies are required to a very high extent for effective business education programme. Based on the findings of the study, the researcher concluded that Information and Communication Technology (ICT) research competencies and problem-solving competencies are required for effective business education programme in tertiary institutions in Anambra State. The researcher recommended among others that Nigerian Universities and Colleges of Education should introduce ICT literacy as a full fledge credit course at all levels of their curriculum programmes and make it a core course. This will go a long way to equip prospective teachers with requisite ICT research competencies and problem-solving before employment. Government and school administrators should assist Universities and Colleges of Education with enough ICT facilities which will enhance teaching and learning as well as create constant avenues of business educators attending on the job training, Workshops, Conferences on ICT staff development.
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