ABSTRACT
The
study was carried out to determine contributions of
students industrial work experience scheme to Business Education programme in
Colleges of Education in South-East, Nigeria. Six research questions and six
null hypotheses guided the study. The research adopted a descriptive survey
design. The population for the study was 202 Business Education lecturers in
the Federal, State and Private Colleges of Education in the South-East,
Nigeria. There was no sampling because the population for the study was
manageable. Thus, the entire population was used for the study. The instrument
used for data collection was a structured questionnaire. The instrument
was validated by three experts, two in business education and one in
measurement and evaluation. The reliability of the research
instrument was obtained using Cronbach Alpha
reliability coefficients obtained for the six clusters were .71, .78,
.76, .73, .86, and .73, respectively. The overall reliability index for the
instrument was .82. A total of 195 copies of the questionnaire were retrieved
and analyzed using mean with standard deviation for the research questions and Analysis
of Variance
(ANOVA) for the hypotheses at .05 level of significance. The results obtained
indicated that business education lecturers in the federal, state and private
colleges of education in South-East, Nigeria were of the opinion
that students’
industrial work experience schemes develop basic skills in business education
students, prepares students for business careers, exposes students to needed
experience in handling office equipment, develops occupational competencies in
students, helps students in job readiness after graduation and develops
entrepreneurial skills in students. Recommendations were made based on the
findings among others that ITF should present a new
order of students’ placement to facilitate appropriate supervision and postings
to industries of relevance to their academic training and skill development. More attention needs to be paid to SIWES during
the accreditation of SIWES approved programmes in institutions to enable the
scheme attains its potential in enhancing the pool of technical skills
available to the economy.
CATHERINE, U (2023). Contributions Of Students’ Industrialwork Experience Scheme To Business Education Programme In Colleges Of Education In South-East, Nigeria. Repository.mouau.edu.ng: Retrieved Sep 08, 2024, from https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/contributions-of-students-industrialwork-experience-scheme-to-business-education-programme-in-colleges-of-education-in-south-east-nigeria-7-2
UKACHI, CATHERINE. "Contributions Of Students’ Industrialwork Experience Scheme To Business Education Programme In Colleges Of Education In South-East, Nigeria" Repository.mouau.edu.ng. Repository.mouau.edu.ng, 16 May. 2023, https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/contributions-of-students-industrialwork-experience-scheme-to-business-education-programme-in-colleges-of-education-in-south-east-nigeria-7-2. Accessed 08 Sep. 2024.
UKACHI, CATHERINE. "Contributions Of Students’ Industrialwork Experience Scheme To Business Education Programme In Colleges Of Education In South-East, Nigeria". Repository.mouau.edu.ng, Repository.mouau.edu.ng, 16 May. 2023. Web. 08 Sep. 2024. < https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/contributions-of-students-industrialwork-experience-scheme-to-business-education-programme-in-colleges-of-education-in-south-east-nigeria-7-2 >.
UKACHI, CATHERINE. "Contributions Of Students’ Industrialwork Experience Scheme To Business Education Programme In Colleges Of Education In South-East, Nigeria" Repository.mouau.edu.ng (2023). Accessed 08 Sep. 2024. https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/contributions-of-students-industrialwork-experience-scheme-to-business-education-programme-in-colleges-of-education-in-south-east-nigeria-7-2