ISSN: 2226-6348
Open access
This study investigated the professional and technical competencies needed by teachers of business studies in junior secondary school in Ondo State, Nigeria. A sample of 120 of professionally qualified teachers of business studies in Ondo state were randomly selected for the study. PTCCTBSQ which is a 45 item questionnaire developed by the researcher was the instrument used in this study. One of the findings of this study is that that teachers of Business Studies in Ondo State public Junior secondary schools need improvement in instructional planning, implementation and evaluation skills, as well as in core Business skills in relation to the teaching of office practice, shorthand and keyboarding as well as in commerce, bookkeeping and ICT. One of the recommendations of this study is that the identified tasks items where the teachers of Business Studies needed improvement be packaged for retraining of the in-service teachers of Business Studies in Ondo State junior secondary schools.
Adeniyi, E. O. (2007). Federal Ministry of Education 9-Year Basic Education Curriculum Business Studies for Junior Secondary 1-3, Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council: Abuja
Awoyokun, A. A., Akangbe-Folaranmi, A. O., Arukwe O. N., & Abdullahi, I. M. (2009) Macmillan Business Studies UBE Edition, Macmillan Nigeria Ltd, Lagos.
Ehiametalor, E. T., Osu-Nwifo, K. O., Makeri-Yahaya, G. I., & Oladunjoye. (2009). Junior Secondary School Business Studies 1, West African Book Publisher Ltd: Lagos.
Federal Government of Nigeria. (2004). National Policy on Education. Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council: Abuja.
Federal Ministry of Education. (2007). 9-Year basic education curriculum business studies for junior secondary 1-3. Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council: Abuja.
Filani, E. O. (2010). Teacher education in a democratized Nigeria: challenges and way forward. Being a Lead Paper Presented at the National Conference of South-West Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU), Ondo.
Hornby, A. S. (2005). Advanced Learner’s Dictionary Oxford Press.
International Labour Organization. (2010). Teachers and trainers for the future: technical and vocational education and training in a changing world: Report on Discussion at the Global Dialogue Forum on VTE.
Nworgu, B. G. (2000). Educational research: basic issues and methodology, wisdom. Ibadan: Publishers Limited
Olaitan, S. O., Ali, A., Eyo, E. O., & Sowande. (2000). Research Skills in Education and Social Science, Owerri: Cape Publisher.
Olaitain, S. O., Amusa, T. A., & Nwobu, V. (2009). Quality assurance of instructors in teaching cocoyam production to students in schools of agriculture in Southern Nigeria: Nigerian Vocational Journal Vol. 15(3).
Nwaodo, S. A. (2009). Workshop management competencies improvement needs of auto mechanics teachers in South Eastern States of Nigeria. Vocational Journal Vol. 14(1)
Eze, U. N., & Agbomma, V. U. (2009). Relationship between science teachers’ perceived self efficacy and job perception. Nigeria Vocational Journal Vol. 14(1).
In-Text Citation: (Uwameiye & Titilayo, 2012)
To Cite this Article: Uwameiye, R., & Titilayo, O. M. (2012). Professional and Technical Competencies Needed by Teachers of Business Studies in Junior Secondary Schools in Ondo State, Nigeria. International Journal of Academic Research in Progressive Education and Development, 1(4), 61–70.
Copyright: © 2022 The Author(s)
Published by HRMARS (www.hrmars.com)
This article is published under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) license. Anyone may reproduce, distribute, translate and create derivative works of this article (for both commercial and non-commercial purposes), subject to full attribution to the original publication and authors. The full terms of this license may be seen at: http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode