CURRICULUM DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION QUALITY INDICATORS FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE IN THE OFFICE THE OFFICE TCHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT PROGRAM OF POLYTECHNICS

Abstract

 

The study was carried outto assess the curriculum design and implementation quality indicators available for quality assurance in the Office Technology and Management program of Polytechnics in North Central Zone of Nigeria. The study was designed as a descriptive survey. The population of the study consisted of 87 Lecturers and Instructors employed in the OTM departments of Polytechnics in North Central Zone of Nigeria offering the NBTE accredited Office Technology and Management program as at December, 2018. The instrument for data collection was a structured questionnaire with reliability index of 0.887. Mean and Standard deviation were the tools used to analyze the research questions while the hypotheses were tested using the independent t-test statistics at 0.05 level of significance. The analysis of data showed that the curriculum design and implementation quality indicators available for quality assurance in the Office Technology and Management program of Polytechnics in North Central Zone of Nigeria is generally adequate as only one item (i.e. the number of times the curriculum in use has been revised) out sixteen indicators identified was rated as inadequate. The researchers, therefore, recommended that NBTE should make necessary arrangement to ensure regular review of the curriculum and the proprietors of the institutions increase funding for the Office Technology and Management program to improve upon the quality indicators which were rated as just adequate to make them very adequate for quality assurance in the program.