Need for Quality Assurance in Office Technology and Management in Colleges of Education of Nigeria
Abiara Ijeoma Pamela
Department of Business Education
Ebonyi State College of Education, Ikwo, Ebonyi State
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Abstract:
The study examined achieving quality assurance in office technology and management programme in Colleges of Education in Nigeria. It has been observed that specified guidelines and course specification has not been duly followed in Colleges of Education and other Institutions. The effect of this is that most of the graduates of such institutions lacks the required skills, knowledge and competencies necessary to fit into the world of work. The study however highlights that OTM programme is meant to help its entrant acquire the relevant knowledge in office skills and competencies for self actualization and sustainability. This paper concludes that teaching must be according to the school minimum standard for the realization of its goals and to a large extent improve the quality of instruction in the classroom. It recommends amongst others that there is need for constant retraining of lecturers and instructors in order to imbibe current knowledge and experience in ICT and other relevant fields to enable them achieve this quality assurance in teaching.
