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

Abstract

Curriculum is a written document that includes predetermined content intended to be taught to students to help them achieve their academic objectives. However, a great question facing our educational system is how the curriculum is being implemented. It is as a result of this, that this study was conducted to assess 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, two specific purposes, research questions were raised and answered while two research hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significant. Descriptive survey research design was used to carry out this study. The study population comprised 1,068 made up of 52 teachers and 1,016 NCE III students of business education from six colleges of education in Kwara State. All business education teachers 52 was used. Simple random technique was used to select a sample size of 203 NCE III students. A 50 item questionnaire tagged Curriculum Implementation Framework of Business Education Questionnaire (CIFBEQ) with a 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 Coefficient Alpha and the result yielded a reliability coefficient of 0.77. The data collected were analyzed using Mean and Standard Deviationfor the research questions. The null hypotheses were tested using independent samples t-test and One-way Analysis of Variance at 0.05 level of significance. The results revealed that the level of teachers quality was high (mean= 3.41, SD= 0.57) and the available facilities were adequate (mean= 2.51, SD= 0.93) in curriculum implementation framework for quality assurance. The study further revealed that there was significant difference between the mean ratings of male and female students regarding the level of teachers quality in curriculum implementation framework for quality assurance in business education programme in colleges of education based on gender and their years of experience (t₁₉₆= 28.83, P>0.05) and (F_4,245= 440.179; P>0.05) respectively. Based on the findings,, it was recommended among others that managements of colleges of education should employ only qualified business educators to teach business education courses to ensure effective business education curriculum implementation. Similarly, stakeholders in Business Education programme should help to provide appropriate physical facilities and funds for effective implementation of business education curriculum.

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