Al-Hikmah University Journal

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 t-test 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.