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Provision and Utilization of Non-Human Resources for Implementing the Reviewed Minimum Standard for Office Education in Federal Colleges of Education (Technical) in South-South, Nigeria (Published)

This study investigated the provision and utilization of non-human resources for implementing the reviewed minimum standard for office education in Federal Colleges of Education (Technical) in South-South, Nigeria. Two specific purposes, two research questions and one hypothesis guided the study. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. Population consists of 29 Business Education lecturers and 33 final year NCE III students of office education specialisation in School of Secondary Education (Business) of Federal Colleges of Education (Tech.), Omoku and Asaba during the 2021/2022 academic session. The 29 Business Education lecturers and 33 final year NCE III students of office education option were used for the study. Therefore, census sampling technique was adopted for this study. A structured questionnaire validated by two Business education (office education) lecturers and one Test and Measurement expert all from Federal College of Education (Tech.), Omoku was used for the study. Cronbach Alpha coefficients of 0.74 and 0.86 for the two clusters of the questionnaire were used to test the reliability of the instrument.  Data were analysed using arithmetic mean to answer the research questions, while independent t-test was used to test the hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. The results revealed that non-human resources for implementing the reviewed minimum standard for office education in Federal Colleges of Education (Technical) in South-South, Nigeria were inadequately provided and rarely utilized. The results also showed that there is no significant difference between rating of lecturers and students on the extent to which non- human resources for implementing the reviewed minimum standard for office education in Federal Colleges of Education (Technical) in south-south, Nigeria are provided and utilized. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that Business education administrator in Federal Colleges of Education (Technical) in South-South, Nigeria should lobby their College management to provide the non-human resources required for implementing the reviewed Office education minimum standard adequately. 

Keywords: minimum standard and non-human resources, office education, resources

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