Policymakers&rsquo; Backbench Syndrome and Realities of Business Education in Tertiary Institutions in Rivers State

Okiridu; Obulord S. Frank (Ph.D)

Policymakers’ Backbench Syndrome and Realities of Business Education in Tertiary Institutions in Rivers State

Okiridu, Obulord S. Frank (Ph.D)

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The study determined the difference in the mean rating of students on policy makers? backbench syndrome (perception) and the realities of business education in tertiary institutions in Rivers State. The study adopted survey research design. The population of the study was 722 final year business education students from the three (3) tertiary institutions in Rivers State. The sample size of the study was 653 final year business education students which represents 90% of the entire population. A researcher developed instrument captioned “Policy Makers Backbench Syndrome and Realities of Business Education” (POMABASRBE) were used to collect data for the study. An expert in Measurement and evaluation and two specialists in Business Education validated the instrument by checking the clarity and appropriateness of the instrument, their input and suggestions led to the modification of the instrument. The internal consistency of the instrument was determined by using Cronbach alpha method, thereby arriving at the coefficient index of 0.87. Out of the 722 copies of the questionnaire which was distributed only 653 of them which represent 90% return rate was retrieved with the help of nine (9) research assistants. The data retrieved were processed, organised and analysed to answer the research questions and hypothesis formulated to guide the study. The null hypothesis was tested using Analysis of variance (ANOVA) at 0.05% level of significance. The findings of the study revealed that the initial concept of business education was to provide citizens with necessary skills required to obtain gainful employment, there exist definitional confusion about business education: the course content, programme and prestige differs according to schools; the misconception about the course outweighs it?s reality which led to the total neglect of the programme by government, policy makers, parents and the students. The study sees the reality of business education as a tripartite programme of i

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Backbench syndromePerceptionRealitiesBusiness EducationDefinitional confusion.

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