INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO SCALING UP TECHNOLOGIES FOR SUSTAINING QUALITY BUSINESS EDUCATION FOR ADAPTABILITY TO ELABOUR MARKET IN ANAMBRA STATE

Dr. Mary U. Okonkwo, Francisca Ogor Moseri

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The need to sustain the quality of business education to respond to e-labour market demands necessitated this study. The purpose of this study was to ascertain innovative approaches to scaling up technologies for sustaining quality business education for adaptability to e-labour markets in Anambra State. Two research questions guided the study and two null hypotheses were tested. The study adopted descriptive survey research design. The population of the study comprised 122 business educators in tertiary institutions offering business education programme in Anambra State. A 19 item self-developed questionnaire was validated by three experts and used for data collection. Cronbach Alpha was used to determine the reliability co-efficient values of 0.88 and 0.90 for clusters B1 and B2, with an overall co-efficient value of 0.89. Mean, standard deviation, and Analysis of Variance were used for data analysis. The findings of the study revealed that technology-supported teaching is moderately adapted, while formalization of professional development approaches are lowly adapted for sustaining quality business education to e-labour market in Anambra State. Years of teaching experience of business educators did not significantly influence their mean ratings on the extent they adapt technology-supported teaching, but significantly influence the extent they adapt formalization of professional development approaches for sustaining quality business education to e-labour market. The study concluded that innovative approaches to scaling up technologies have not been fully adapted for sustaining quality business education to e-labour market in Anambra State. It was recommended that government should undertake massive in-service training and retraining through workshops, conferences, seminars and symposia to enable business educators gained an insight towards adapting innovative approaches to scaling up technologies for sustaining quality business education to e-labour market.

Keywords: Innovative Approaches, Scaling Up Technologies, Quality Business Education, E-labour Market


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