“Charting the Future: Educational Planning, Leadership and Innovations in Business Education Programme in Nigeria”

Abstract

The purpose of this paper was to examine the extent to which educational planners,
leadership and innovation chart into the future of business education programme in
Nigeria through bringing up of new ideas, assisting in revisiting curriculum, training
and retraining of business education lecturers, priorities strategies, evaluate risk in
the programme, etcetera. This paper provided a comprehensive literature review of
business education in Nigeria in the past, present and future, as well as the concept
of educational planning, leadership and innovation. The main aim of this paper was
to give a better understanding on how effective leadership and proper planning can
be achieved by bringing new ideas in business education programme and achieving
opportunities now and in the future. By conclusion, for Business Education
programme to chart into the future effectively, and to achieve the aim and objective
to which the programme is designed for, the planners and leadership needs to assist the programme in involving business education expert to develop, review and design
innovative Curriculum content in which skill acquisition as well as practical courses,
training and retraining of Business Education Educators, Educational Planners and
Leadership should assist in promoting interdisciplinary learning and prioritizing
strategies, ecetera. It was recommended among others that Business education
programme should be run independently from other courses of study. Practical
courses such as the students’ Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) should
be fully funded and closely monitored by the expert who will enhance student to
achieve practical skills and prepare them for advancement after schooling.