MAINTENANCE STRATEGIES FOR BUSINESS EDUCATION TEACHING FACILITIES IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS
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2020-08
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The study assessed the maintenance strategy commonly put in place for Business Education
teaching facilities in public Tertiary institutions in Kwara State, Nigeria. The purpose of the
study was to find out the state of the teaching facilities, and the type of maintenance strategies
adopted. To achieve the purpose of the study, three research questions and two hypotheses were
formulated to guide the study. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design using all
the lecturers and students of business education departments in public tertiary institutions in
Kwara State. Data were collected using researchers’ designed questionnaire tagged
Maintenance Strategies for Business Education Facilities Questionnaire (MSBEFQ). The mean,
percentage, as well as standard deviation statistical tools were used to answer the research
questions while independent sample t-test was used to analyze the null hypotheses. The findings
revealed that business education facilities in most of the institutions are generally in a state of
disrepair. There was low maintenance of teaching facilities in business education departments.
Both lecturer and student respondents were in agreement as to the low level of maintenance of
business education facilities in public tertiary institutions in Kwara State. Lecturer and student
respondents were positively in agreement with the suitable maintenance strategy useful for
business education facilities. It is recommended that departmental heads should develop
appropriate maintenance strategy/ policies and make regular checks by inspecting the facilities
as a routine, carry out regular servicing of the electronic gadgets, inculcate good maintenance
strategy and ensure that adequate money is allocated in the departmental budget for effective
maintenance of the facilities