Business Education as a Tool for Changing World in Colleges of Education in Oyo State

Abstract

The study was examined the roles of Business education as a tools for changing world in 
Colleges of Education in Oyo state. Two research questions guided the study and two null 
hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. A descriptive survey research design was 
adopted. A total of 109 business educators in 7 Colleges of Education in Oyo state, Nigeria 
made up the population of the study. No sample was taken, as the population size was 
manageable. A structured 15-item validated questionnaire was used for data collection. The 
reliability of the instrument was ensured using pilot test that was analyzed using Cronbach 
Alpha which yielded reliability co-efficient of 0.68. A total of 109 copies of the questionnaire 
were distributed to the respondents, 91 copies were returned by the respondents, and were used 
for data analysis. The instrument was validated by three experts in the field. Data related to the 
research questions were answered using mean and standard deviation while t-test was used to 
test the null hypotheses. The findings of the study revealed that respondents agreed with all the 
mentioned roles of business education as a tools for changing world in Oyo state Colleges of 
Education as it will help in promoting national economic development. It was recommended, 
among others, that government and other major stakeholders should focus their attention and 
invest their resources on business students for work most especially at the teacher education 
tertiary institutions