Professional and Technical Competencies Needed by Teachers of Business Studies in Junior Secondary Schools in Ondo State, Nigeria

Abstract

This study investigated the professional and technical competencies needed by teachers of business studies in junior secondary school in Ondo State, Nigeria. A sample of 120 of professionally qualified teachers of business studies in Ondo state were randomly selected for the study. PTCCTBSQ which is a 45 item questionnaire developed by the researcher was the instrument used in this study. One of the findings of this study is that that teachers of Business Studies in Ondo State public Junior secondary schools need improvement in instructional planning, implementation and evaluation skills, as well as in core Business skills in relation to the teaching of office practice, shorthand and keyboarding as well as in commerce, bookkeeping and ICT. One of the recommendations of this study is that the identified tasks items where the teachers of Business Studies needed improvement be
packaged for retraining of the in-service teachers of Business Studies in Ondo State junior secondary schools.