A SURVEY OF RELEVANCE OF BUSINESS EDUCATION PROGRAM TO ECOCOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF NIGERIA.

A SURVEY OF RELEVANCE OF BUSINESS EDUCATION PROGRAM TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF NIGERIA

CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
Education is obviously the basic instrument of economic growth and technological advancement of any society. It is in recognition of this fact that
governments commit immense resources to ensure the provision of education for their citizens and also tailored their policies towards ensuring that it is
made accessible to the generality of their citizenry (Oyebade et al., 2008). However, business education is an essential element of this general education. It is
concerned with the impartation of business orientation and knowledge for personal and national development.
Business education involves teaching students the fundamentals, concepts, theories and processes of business. To Okoli (2010), business education is an
important part of the general education which emphasizes on skills and competencies acquisition for use in voices and business related occupations.
Similarly, Nwanewezi (2010) describes business education as encompassing education for voice occupations, business teaching, business administration and
economic understanding. In all, Abdulkadir (2011) noted that one remarkable important characteristic of business education program is that, its products can
function independently as self-employed and employers of labor. To this end, the tenet of business education embraces basic education for teaching career, entrepreneurship, business understanding, voice environment and vocational practices.
Education in this field occurs at several levels, including primary, secondary and higher education, with the greatest activity in the later.

A SURVEY OF RELEVANCE OF BUSINESS EDUCATION PROGRAM TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF NIGERIA