H.A OLUMESE

he purpose of the study is the relevance of business education to economic development. Three research questions were raised to guide the study. A descriptive survey research design was adopted. The entire population of one hundred and fifteen (115) was used. A questionnaire containing thirty items was the instrument used in obtaining responses from respondents. The data collected were analyzed using frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation for research questions. The finding included; business education has relevance to economic development, that eight factors were identified as obstacles challenging business education programmed towards achieving economic development, that ten solutions were prescribed fir eliminating obstacles challenging business education programme towar5ds achieving economic development. The following recommendations were made; Nigerian youths should be encouraged to study business education through public enlightenment campaigns, only qualified business educators should be allowed to teach business education, there should be adequate funding for business programmes, government through their relevant agencies should provide adequate facilities as well as steady power supply for business education programmes to thrive properly, and that stakeholders in business education programmes should be able to strike a balance between theory and practical in business education curriculum

This study aimed at determining the Factors militating against Effective Teaching and Learning of Accounting among Business Education students, University of Benin, Benin City. Five research purpose and questions were drafted to guide the study. In the process of carrying at this study, work of various scholars and authors were reviewed. A descriptive survey was adopted for study design. A total number of 381 accounting education students in the department of Vocational and Technical Education students formed the population of study while 100 respondents randomly selected formed the sample size. Questionnaire was used as research Instrument. The validity of the instrument was established by the project supervisor and two (2) other lecturers in the department. A reliability coefficient of .768 was used for the study which was gotten using Cranach alpha method. The data were analyzed using mean and standard deviation. A mean of 2.50 was used as a benchmark for accepting the responses to the items formulated under each research question. The study reveals that to a large extent, lack of use of instructional materials, shortage of time allocated to teaching accounting and writing of examinations, negative attitude and perception of students towards accounting, poor condition of learning environment as well as how competent available learning materials such as accounting textbook militate against effective teaching and learning of accounting among business education students. Therefore, it was recommended that efforts should be made by government, school admistrators, students and other stakeholders in addressing the above problems by providing adequate and relevant instructional materials for teaching and learning of accounting, allocating more time both for teaching and learning as well as for examination of students, provision of more equipped and conducive teaching and learning environment, regular review of available accounting textbooks and changes in students’ negative attitude towards accounting.

The study investigated the role of Business education on unemployment reduction in tertiary institutions in Nigeria. Five research questions were raised to guide the study. The population of the study comprised of all 400 level students in the Department of Vocational and Technical Education in the 2018/2019 academic session with a total number of 24 students while there was no sample as the sampling size was manageable. The descriptive survey study was adopted for the study. A structured questionnaire tagged ‘The Role of Business education in the Reduction of Unemployment Questionnaire (BEERUQ) was used for data collection. The instrument was validated by the researchers; supervisor as well as two other supervisors in the Department of Vocational and Technical Education, University of Benin. The test re-test reliability method was adopted by the study to ascertain the consistency of the research instrument which yielded a coefficient of 0.75. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics such as mean and standard deviation The study concluded that Business education equips recipients with the requisite skills for them to be self -reliant thereby enhancing their standard of living. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended amongst others that government should increase its annual budgetary allocation to facilitate the effective delivery of Business education thereby impacting students with the requisite skills for self- reliance, training and re-training of Business educators to improve their level of performance through regular and periodic seminars to impact residents with the requisite skills for selfreliance to mention but a few.