Saturday, 15 August 2015

attitudes of secondary school students towards business studie in Secondary Schools

CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1.        Background to the Study
Acquisition of appropriate skills and competencies make individual function and productive to himself and the nation at large. Business studies included in the curriculum is a complete application of the national policy on education which emphasizes the acquisition of appropriate skills, abilities and competencies both mental and physical as equipment of the individual to contribute to the development of his society (MPE, 1981). Therefore, the need to offer business studies
at the school level as a solid foundation for professionalism is important. Business studies is a process of instructing a person of the happening during business transactions in offices, banks, markets and anywhere money changes hand. It is also a type of education that the skills, developed is used to solutions problems and be able to have business like attitudes that is useful for the success in business situations. There is a growing need for business knowledge in Nigeria because consumers need it in order that they may select wisely from the vast quantities of goods and services. There is also an increase investment in securities resulting from the indigenization policy of 1973 and recapitalization (2011) in the banking and insurance industries. In order to make these reforms successful and make Nigerian participates actively; there is the need to acquire enough business knowledge to guide them. Basic business knowledge should be made accessible to all citizens in the society in order to make them better consumers of goods and services.
Torine, (1981) categorized business studies into two major components namely education for business and education about business. Through his publication people began to see “education for business as vocational education that is an educational training programme through which recipients could fit into or be employed in four major occupational areas namely; book-keeping and accounting jobs, clerical and general office jobs stenographic and secretariat job distributive and marketing jobs.
These four occupational areas are prepared for by going through either public or private secondary schools, polytechnic, colleges of education and universities.
1.2.        Statement of Problem
The student’s performance in business studies in Owheologbo Grammar School Delta State is made by assessing the attitude of students towards business studies, shortage of professional teacher’s, lack of deduction on the part of student and teacher’s inadequate conducive environment and lack of necessary facilities such as business equipments. This study therefore is structured to finding solution to these problems with paramount attention on the attitude of secondary 

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