Enrolment Review and Graduation of Office Technology and Management Education Students in College of Education Ikere Ekiti, Ekiti State

Abstract

The decrease in the number of enrolment and graduation of students in the 
Department of Business Education (Office and Technology Management 
Education option) in Nigerian Colleges of Education has been a major concern 
for all stakeholders. This prompt the researcher to carry out this research to 
ascertain the inconsistencies in the number of admissions and graduates in 
the Business Education Departments, (Office and Technology Management 
Education option) using the College of Education, Ikere-Ekiti as case study. 
Admissions in this department were looked into for a period of ten (10) years 
(2008-2018). These were gotten via the Descriptive Survey design and data 
was collected from existing record from the College. Causes of the decrease in 
the rates were identified. The paper recommended possible solutions to the 
low rates of applicants and graduates in the Department in focus.