ASSESSMENT OFADEQUACY OF BUSINESS STUDIES CURRICULUM IMPLEMENTATION ON STUDENTS SKILL ACQUISITION IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN YOBE STATE

dc.contributor.authorNWACHUKWU, Josephine Chijioke
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-29T10:41:36Z
dc.date.available2018-10-29T10:41:36Z
dc.date.issued2017-07
dc.descriptionA DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER DEGREE IN BUSINESS EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIAen_US
dc.description.abstractThe study was conducted to assess the adequacy of business studies curriculum implementation on students‟ skill acquisition in the secondary schools in Yobe State, Nigeria. The study was necessitated by the continuous increase in the rate of unemployment of secondary school leavers in the state which was resultingto high rate of insecurity in the state. Four research questions were raised for the study, while four null hypotheses were drawn, and tested at 0.05 level of significance.The entire population of 116 respondents were used as the sample of the study. Weighted Mean was used to answer the research questions. The Weighted mean of 2.5 and above was used as benchmark for agree while weighted mean of less than 2.5 represented disagree category. Simple Regression was used to test all the null hypotheses. The study revealed among others that adequate qualified business studies teachers had significant influence on students‟ skills acquisition in secondary schools in Yobe State. Based on these findings, the study concluded that the students in secondary schools in Yobe State could not acquire appropriate knowledge, skills and competences in business studies as a result of inadequate qualified teachers, inappropriate teaching methodology and inappropriate teaching and learning facilities. In line with the conclusion, the study recommended among others that the schools administration should recruit adequate qualified business studies teachers and encourage teachers to employ appropriate teaching methodology and facilities to teach business studies in secondary schools in Yobe State so that the students will be able to acquire the desired knowledge, skills and competences to enable them to be employed and/or self-employed.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/10762
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectASSESSMENT,en_US
dc.subjectADEQUACY,en_US
dc.subjectBUSINESS STUDIES,en_US
dc.subjectCURRICULUM IMPLEMENTATION,en_US
dc.subjectSTUDENTS,en_US
dc.subjectSECONDARY SCHOOLS,en_US
dc.subjectYOBE STATE,en_US
dc.subjectSKILL ACQUISITION,en_US
dc.titleASSESSMENT OFADEQUACY OF BUSINESS STUDIES CURRICULUM IMPLEMENTATION ON STUDENTS SKILL ACQUISITION IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN YOBE STATEen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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