IMPROVEMENT NEEDS OF BUSINESS EDUCATORS FOR MAINTENANCE OF MODERN LEARNING RESOURCES IN BUSINESS EDUCATION PROGRAMME IN UNIVERSITIES IN ANAMBRA AND DELTA STATES

Authors

Anthony Osinachi Okorafor Department of Technology and Vocational Education Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Author
Michel Oghenekaro Onokpaunu Department of Technology and Vocational Education Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Author

Maintenance, Modern Learning Resources, Business Education, Business Educators

This study investigated improvement needs of business educators for maintenance of modern learning

resources in business education programme in universities in Anambra and Delta States. Three research

questions were formulated and three null hypotheses were tested for the study. Descriptive survey

research design was adopted. The entire population of 79 business educators in four public universities

in Anambra and Delta State were studied without sampling. A validated five-point rating scale

questionnaire containing 29 items was used for data collection. Cronbach alpha was used to obtain

reliability coefficients of 0.76, 0.84 and 0.72 for the different clusters which yielded an overall

coefficient of 0.77. The instrument was administered to the respondents with the help of four research

assistants. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions while t-test was used

to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Findings of the study revealed that improvement

needs for preventive, predictive and corrective maintenance were highly needed by business educators

for modern learning resources in business education programme in universities in Anambra and Delta

States. There is no significant difference in the mean ratings of business educators in universities in

Anambra and Delta States on improvement needs for preventive, predictive and corrective maintenance

for modern learning resources in business education programme. The study concluded that business

educators in Anambra and Delta States have no choice than to acquire the requisite preventive,

predictive and corrective maintenance skills with which to keep modern learning resources in

operational state in order to improve the quality of their instructional delivery in universities. The study

recommended among others that heads of business education departments in universities should

encourage training and retraining programmes for business educators on the maintenance of modern

learning resources in order to ensure their availability and utilization for instructional purposes.

Michel Oghenekaro Onokpaunu, Department of Technology and Vocational Education Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka,