ASSESSMENT OF CURRICULUM CONTENT AND HUMAN RESOURCEFOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF OFFICE TECHNOLOGYAND MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME IN PUBLIC POLYTECHNICSIN NORTHERN NIGERIA

Abstract

The study was conducted to assess the Curriculum Content and Human Resource available for
implementation of Office Technology and Management Programme in Public Polytechnics in
Northern Nigeria. Descriptive survey research designed was adopted for the study. A purposive
sampling was used because the population of was manageable. The population of the study was
248 OTM academic staff and 714 Higher National Diploma (HND) II OTM students in
2020/2021 academic year in 20 public Polytechnics in Northern Nigeria. The entire population
was used for the study. The instrument used for data collection was a structured questionnaire
titled: Assessment of Office Technology and Management Programme in Public Polytechnics in
Northern Nigeria (EOTMP). The instrument was validated by three experts and pilot tested. A
Cronbach alpha reliability coefficient of .76 was obtained. The questionnaire was administered
through Research Assistants in the various institutions. The research questions were answered
using mean and standard deviation while the hypotheses were tested using independent sample ttest at 0.05 level of significance. The study found among others, that the curriculum content of
OTM programme is adequate to train and produce graduates to be skillful for office
management. It was concluded among others that academic staff are not adequate for training
the students in order to acquire the desired skills. It was recommended that government and
regulatory body (National Board for Technical Education) should train and re-train OTM
Academic Staff in order to ensure proper implementation of the OTM programme.