PERCEPTION OF LECTURERS ON THE CHALLENGES OF MANAGING BUSINESS EDUCATION PROGRAMMES IN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN EDO STATE

This study assessed the perceptions of lecturers in colleges of education in Edo State on the challenges of managing business education programmes. Four research questions were formulated to guide the study. The population consisted of fifty-four lecturers in colleges of education in Edo State. The survey research design was employed for the study. The instrument used was validated by three experts Pearson's Product Moment Correlation coefficient was used to compute reliability of the instrument which yielded a correlation coefficient of 0.87There was no sampling as the entire population was used for the study and also for data analysis. Questionnaire was the instrument used for data collection Data collected were analysed using the descriptive statistics From the results of the analysis of data it was discovered that the challenges in managing business education programme in colleges of education in Edo State are poor funding, lack of instructional facilities, insufficient manpower and lack of infrastructures Consequently, it was recommended among other things that the development of departmental internally generated revenue should be a major option for the funding of business education programme in Edo State. Institutions should liaise with corporate entities on the provision of instructional facilities for the teaching of business education programme. A robust staff training scheme should be given top priority by the federal government through NUC to enable lecturers to access training funds as this will increase their efficiency in the workplace Finally recommendations were made for further studies.