Assessing OTM Lecturers’ Competencies in the Utilization of Website and Database Technologies for Electronic Records Management in Polytechnics in South-East Nigeria (Published)
The study assessed the competencies of Polytechnic office technology and management lecturers in the utilization of websites records and database records management Technologies in Polytechnics in South East-States Nigeria. Two research questions were answered and two hypotheses tested at 0.05 level of significance. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. A total of 114 OTM lecturers in the eight government owned polytechnics (federal and state) in the South-East states of Nigeria made up the population of the study, and the population formed the sample for the study. The research instrument was a structured questionnaire comprising 25 items arranged in two clusters in line with the research questions. The instrument was validated by three experts and was used to collect data. Test of reliability on the instrument using Cronbach Alpha yielded coefficients of .849, .796, for clusters 1 and 2 respectively with general reliability co-efficiency of 0.85. Mean and standard deviation were used to analyze data relating to the research questions while t-test was used for testing the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Major findings included that majority of the polytechnic OTM lecturers in the South-East Nigeria utilized, at a high level, competencies in website records management technologies and competencies in database records management technologies. Again, they did not differ in their opinions on their level of competencies in the utilization of website records management technologies and competencies in database records management technologies. Based on these findings, the researcher recommended among others that OTM lecturers should engage in continuous professional development by enrolling in online certifications (e.g, Google Workspace), attending webinars and workshops on digital records and data management. OTM lecturers should collaborate and share knowledge from peer learning groups to share skills and solve real records management challenges together, especially in managing word processing records, and electronic mail records.
Keywords: Competencies, database records management, office technology and management, technologies, websites records
Lecturers’ Competencies in The Teaching of Entrepreurship Education in Tertiary Institutions in Ebonyi State (Published)
The study investigated the lecturers’ competencies in the teaching entrepreneurship education in tertiary institutions in Ebonyi Stat. The study adopted descriptive survey research design. Among the participants in the research were 188 lecturers from Ebonyi State University’s Department of Education in Abakaliki, 197 lecturers from Alex Ekwueme Federal University in Ndufu Alike Ikwo, Ebonyi State, and 126 lecturers from Ebonyi State College of Education, Ikwo and 136 lecturers from Uwana Federal Polythenics, Afikpo. This gave a total of 647 male and female lecturers. The full population was used; hence no sampling was performed. The instrument for data collection is the researchers self-developed questionnaire titled, “Competencies Possessed for Teaching of Entrepreneurship Education Questionnaire Scale (CPTEEQS). It is a four-point scale instrument of Very High Extent (VHE), High Extent (HE), Low Extent (LE) and Very Low Extent (VLE) rated 4, 3, 2 and 1 respectively. The instrument was validated by experts from Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki; specifically, from Administration and Planning and Measurement and Evaluation Unit of Science Education departments. test-retest method was used to analyze the responses of the respondents where Cronbach Alpha was applied and yielded an index of 0.60. Data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviations, while t-test statistic was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Any mean score from 2.50 and above was considered very high and high extent, while any mean score from 2.49 and below is adjudged low and very low extent. One of the recommendations was that government should make organization of workshops and seminars on management and teaching of entrepreneurship education an annual event so that lecturers will become abreast with the new trend in management.
Keywords: Competencies, Education, Entrepreneurship, tertiary and institutions