EVALUATION OF ACCOUNTING COMPETENCIES OF BUSINESS EDUCATORS IN ENUGU STATE, NIGERIA
Keywords:
Skills, Aptitude, Cutting Edge, Evaluative Research Design (ERD).Abstract
The study was conducted to evaluate the competencies of business educators in Enugu State. Two research questions guided the study. The study adopted Evaluative Research Design (ERD). The population of the study comprises 60 business education lecturers consisting of 32 lecturers from the Department of Business Education, University of Nigeria, Nsukka and 28 lecturers from the Department of Business Education, Enugu State University of Science and Technology. No sample was taken since the population was of a manageable size. The instrument for data collection was a 24-items structured questionnaire designed on a 4-point scale. Three experts consisting of two accounting lecturers from the Department of Business Education, University of Nigeria Nsukka and one from Enugu State University of Science and Technology validated the instrument. The reliability was determined using Cronbach Alpha coefficient which yielded reliability indices of .82% and .85% with a grand mean of .84%. Mean and standard deviation were used to analyze the research questions using statistical package for social sciences (SPSS). The result of the findings revealed that Business education lecturers do not possess cutting edge accounting skills such as proficiency in accounting software. It was also revealed that business educators highly possess cutting edge accounting aptitude e.g., professional integrity. Based on the findings, the researchers recommended among others a curriculum development and reform that will accommodate the cutting-edge accounting skills such as accounting software packages, Advanced Excel, Big Data, Machine Learning and Blockchain application in accounting in order to ensure global competitive advantage for business education products.
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