Functional Office Technology and Management Programme and Security st Challenges in the 21 Century World of Work in Ekiti State

Abstract

The study investigated functional office technology and management programme st and security challenges in 21 century world of work in Ekiti State. The descriptive research design was adopted for the study. Three research questions and one null hypothesis guided the study. The population of the study comprised 360 students from the selected four tertiary institutions in Ekiti State. Purposive sampling techniques was adopted to select 186 respondents from the final year students drawn from the four tertiary institutions in Ekiti State using Krejccie and Morgan table. The instrument used for data collection was a 20item questionnaire. The instruments were validated by three experts. The instrument reliability was ensured using Cronbach Alpha formula which yielded a reliability coefficient of 0.76. Data collected through the administration of questionnaire were analyzed using descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviation for the research questions. Pearson Product Moment correlation was used to test the formulated hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed that, Office Technology and Management programme, if properly delivered can play a vital role in reducing youth restiveness and agitations. The findings also showed that requisite employability skills embedded in OTM programme that can create wealth for the teaming youths and thereby reducing security challenges in Nigeria. It was concluded that OTM lecturers should effectively inculcate digital skills to the OTM students for self-reliance. Thus, it is recommended amongst others that government and other relevant stake holders should improve the funding of OTM programme and empower its graduates to set up their businesses.