EVALUATING OFFICE TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT CURRICULUM FOR THE PROMOTION OF VERBATIM REPORTING IN HOUSES OF ASSEMBLY IN SOUTH-WEST ZONE, NIGERIA

Abstract

Abstract The study evaluated Office Technology and Management Curriculum for the promotion of the verbatim reporting profession in South-West Houses of Assembly. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design. The study comprises of all verbatim reporters in the Houses of Assembly and all the business educators in Universities offering business education in SouthWest,

Nigeria made up of Seventy-eight (78) verbatim reporters and fifteen (15) business educators. One self-designed questionnaire titled “Evaluating Office Technology and Management Curriculum Questionnaire (EOTMQ) was used to obtain responses from the respondents. Two null hypotheses were formulated and tested. The data gathered for this study were statistically analyzed by using Mean and Independent t-test statistics to test the hypotheses formulated at 0.05 level of significance. The finding lucidly revealed that there was a relationship between Office Technology and Management Curriculum for the award of First degree in Office Technology and Management and Curriculum of Federal Training Centre for the award of Verbatim Reporting Certificate, thus, Office Technology and Management curriculum could be evaluated for the promotion of verbatim reporting profession in South-West Houses of Assembly. Sequel to the findings of the study, it was recommended that Nigerian University Commission or National Board for Technical Education come up with a policy for the training of verbatim reporters in Universities for a degree program in verbatim reporting so that the profession could be promoted and the dearth of verbatim reporters would be curbed. Organizing a “top-up” programme for HND in OTM and the serving verbatim reporters with verbatim reporting certificate from Federal Training Centres will also go a long way in enhancing the development of the profession.