Abstract
The study was designed to find out the impact of NBTE accreditation exercise on office technology and management programme of polytechnics in South-South Nigeria. Three research questions were raised to guide the study while one null hypothesis was tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study adopted descriptive survey design. The entire population of 95 office technology and management lecturers in polytechnics in South-South Nigeria where OTM programme is offered were used for the study. Data were collected for the study through the administration of validated questionnaire on the respondents. Test-retest method was used to determine the reliability of the instrument. The mean statistics was used to answer the research questions while t-test statistic was used to test the hypothesis. The result of this study revealed that NBTE accreditation exercise has positive impact on quality of personnel, adequacy of physical facilities and equipment and relevant academic contents in office technology and management programme of polytechnics in South-South Nigeria. It was therefore recommended among others that NBTE should continue to encourage qualified and experienced academic staff and adequacy of physical facilities and equipment in office technology and management programme and that an effective mechanism for verifying claims made by office technology and management programme during accreditation should be put in place.
Highlights
The findings of this study showed that NBTE accreditation exercise has positive impact on the quality of personnel in office technology and management programme of polytechnic in South-South Nigeria
When the accreditation exercise is properly carried out, it would enable the polytechnics to attain and maintain the laid down minimum academic standard which is required to achieve the goals and objectives of office technology and management programme in polytechnics in Nigeria
Recommendations Based on the findings of this study, the following recommendations were made: NBTE should insist on the appropriate staff and student ratio of 1:30 for quality and effective instructional delivery in office technology and management programme
Summary
The office technology and management programme came into existence in Nigerian polytechnics in 2004 after the review of old secretarial studies curriculum for producing office workers in Nigeria. This review was taken with the view to produce graduates who could be efficient in management roles and have the confidence and practical skills necessary for office functions. This new Office Technology and Management programme has been described as having apparent advantages because of UNESCO assistance during the review which introduced international perspectives to the curriculum and enabled it to benefit from some of the best practices around the world the office technology component which includes the Solomon I. Agholor: Impact of National Board for Technical Education Accreditation Exercise on Office
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