Quality Assurance And Business Education Programme In Public Universities In Kwara State, Nigeria.

Abstract

This study investigated quality assurance on business education programme in public universities in Kwara State. The study had three objectives, three research questions and three hypotheses. Descriptive research design was adopted for this study. The population for the study comprised 229 business education final year undergraduate students. The whole population was used as sample. The instrument titled Quality Assurance of Business Education Programme (QABEP) was used for data collection. The instrument was validated by two experts. The instrument reliability coefficient was 0.77. Data were collected from the universities with the support of two guided research assistant. Descriptive statistics of (mean and standard deviation) was used to answer the research questions, while t-test analysis was used to tests the hypotheses. The findings of study revealed that, there is no significant difference in the quality of lecturers teaching Business Education programme in the public universities in Kwara State t-value (1.37) and the yielded p-value (0.064). There is no significant in the quality of instructional resources for teaching Business Education programme in the public university in Kwara State t-value (1.22) and the yielded p-value (0.066) .There is no significant in the quality of students' admission process for business education programme in the public university in Kwara State t-value (1.38) and the yielded p-value (0.072). Hence, all null hypotheses formulated were accepted. Based on the findings, it was concluded that there is no significant difference in business education programme in public universities in Kwara State. It was therefore recommended, among others, that the managements of public universities in Kwara State should continue to ensure that qualified lecturers are employed to teach business education courses in their institutions so as achieved its stated objectives.