ASSESSMENT OF CURRICULUM IMPLEMENTATION FRAMEWORK FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE IN BUSINESS EDUCATION PROGRAMME IN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION

¹Aliyu Alhaji USMAN, ²Prof. Ganiyu T. OLADUNJOYE and ³Joshua Sule MAMMAN Ph.D

^1.Department of Business Education, Kwara State College of Education (Technical), Lafiagi

^{2 & 3} Department of Business and Entrepreneurship Education,Kwara State University, Malete

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Abstract

This study assessed the curriculum implementation framework for quality assurance in business education programme in colleges of education in Kwara State.  To facilitate the conduct of the study, three specific purposes, three research questions were developed and answered while three research hypotheses were formulated and tested. Survey research design was used to carry out this study. The population of the study consisted of 1068 business education teachers and NCE III business education students from six colleges of education in Kwara State. A sample of 255 respondents made up of 52 business education teachers were used and 203 NCE III business education students was randomly selected. A 50 items questionnaire tagged Curriculum Implementation Framework of Business Education Questionnaire (CIFBEQ) with 4-point rating scales was the instrument used for the data collection. The instrument went through face and content validation by three experts. The reliability of the instrument was ensured using the Cronbach’s Coefficient Alpha and the result yielded a reliability coefficient of 0.77. The data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation. The mean was used to answer the research questions while the standard deviation was used to determine the closeness or otherwise of the responses from the mean.  The null hypotheses were tested using independent samples t-test and One-way Analysis of Variance at 0.05 level of significance. Hypotheses one and two were tested using t-test while hypotheses three were tested using One-way ANOVA. Based on the findings and conclusion of the study, it was recommended among others that Association of Business Educators of Nigeria (ABEN) and Head of department should insist in employing only business education teachers who have received instructions on principles of education and teaching. It is only teachers who can train teachers and Available physical facilities should be properly maintained and those not adequate/available should be provided for Business Education programme by the authorities of colleges of education as stipulated by the NCCE standards.

Keywords:  Curriculum Implementation Framework, Quality Assurance, Business Education, and College of Education.

ASSESSMENT OF CURRICULUM IMPLEMENTATION FRAMEWORK FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE IN BUSINESS EDUCATION PROGRAMME IN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION