VOCATIONAL BUSINESS EDUCATION AND ITS ROLE IN FOSTERING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AGENDAS
Keywords:
Vocational Business Education, poverty reduction, employment creations, high standard of living, Sustainable Economic Development.Abstract
The study examined vocational business education and its role in fostering sustainable economic development agendas such as poverty reduction, employment creations, and high standard of living. Three research questions and three hypotheses guided the study. A correlational survey research design was used to achieve the central aim of this study. The population comprised of postgraduate students of Business Education in Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun, Ogun State. A total of 75 postgraduate students of Business Education in Tai Solarin University of Education were selected as sample size of the study. The authors developed a structured instrument tagged: Vocational Business Education and Sustainable Economic Development Questionnaire (VBESEDQ) with 0.94 reliability coefficient was used for data collection. Research questions were answered using Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation (PPMC). Hypotheses were tested using regression analysis. The findings of the study revealed that there was significant relationship between vocational business education and poverty reduction, employment creations and high standard of living. It was recommended, among others, that emphasizing the practical aspect of Business Education which will help produce productive citizens of the nation’s labour force that will be self-reliant or employable in an industry or company.
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