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Journal of Emerging Trends in Educational Research and Policy Studies (JETERAPS) (Vol 1 No 1)
| Abstract: The purpose of the study was to determine the strategies for repositioning business studies in e-world for employment skill development of secondary school students in Enugu State. The study was guided by three research questions and three null hypotheses. A descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population used for the study was 810 business studies secondary school teachers in Enugu State. The researcher used a stratified random sampling to select three education zones out of the six education zones in the State. The sample size was 341. The instrument used for data collection was a 21 item questionnaire grouped in to three sections according to the research questions that guided the study. The items were structured in four point rating scale of Strongly Agree, Agree, Disagree and Strongly Disagree with weighting numerical values of 4, 3, 2 and 1 respectively. The instrument was validated by three experts and the reliability of the instrument was determined using Cronbach Alpha which yielded 0.78. Out of 341 copies of the questionnaire distributed 329 copies were properly filled and returned representing 96.48% return rate. Mean and standard deviation was used to analyze the data while t-test statistics was used to test the null hypotheses. Based on the data analysis, it was found that the itemized teachers’ strategies, facilities strategies and government strategies are needed for repositioning business studies in e-world for employment skill development of secondary school students in Enugu State. The findings of the study showed that there is no significant difference between the mean rating of male and female business studies teachers on the identified strategies for repositioning business studies in e-world for employment skill development of secondary school students in Enugu State. Recommendations were made among which include; that teachers should be retrained on the ICT in order to teach in the e-world and government should provide the needed ICT facilities to improve the teaching of business studiesin the e-world. |
| Keywords: Strategies, Repositioning, Business Studies, Electronic World, Employability Skill Development |
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