RESOURCES NEEDED FOR SKILLS ACQUISITION AMONG BUSINESS EDUCATION STUDENTS IN A PERIOD OF SOCIO-POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY

The study assesses the resources needed for skills acquisition among Business Education students in Colleges of Education in Enugu and Anambra states in a period of socio-political and economic uncertainty. It adopted the descriptive survey design. Three research questions and three hypotheses tested at .05 level of significance were used. Population consisted of 95 Business Educators in public colleges of education in Enugu and Anambra states. No sample was used because the population was manageable. The instrument was validated by experts in Business Education and measurement and evaluation from Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike. Cronbach alpha was used to ascertain the reliability of the instrument with coefficient of 0.78. A four- point response type instrument of Very Highly Needed (VHN), Highly Needed (HN), Moderately Needed (MN) and Not Needed (NN) with three sections and 30 items were used. Mean was used to answer the research questions, standard deviation was used to determine the closeness and homogeneity of the mean responses while t-test was used to test the hypotheses. Findings of the study revealed that Business Education lecturers agreed that Information and Communication Technology resources, human resources and material/physical resources are highly needed for skills acquisition among Business Education students in colleges of education in Enugu and Anambra states in this period of socio-political and economic uncertainty. The findings of the study further showed that there was no significant difference between the mean ratings of male and female Business Education lecturers on the ICT, human and material resources needed for skills acquisition among Business Education students in colleges of education in Enugu and Anambra states in this period of socio-political and economic uncertainty. It was recommended among others that government and school management should provide adequate resources for the management of Business Education programme to ensure achievement of Business Education goals in Colleges of Education in Enugu and Anambra states for sustainable national development.

Resources, Business Education, Skills Acquisition, Socio-political, economic uncertainty,

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