Lecturers’ Capacity Building as Predictors of Business Education Students’ Academic Achievement

Abstract

The study examined lecturers’ capacity building as predictors of business education students’ academic achievement. Two null hypotheses were tested. Descriptive research design of survey type was used. The population of the study comprised 23 lecturers in the Business Education Department in Olabisi Onabanjo University and Tai solarin University of Education; there was no need for sampling. The population is manageable. Primary data includes data collected from the questionnaire administration, while secondary data includes the Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 300 level business education students (an indicator of business education students' academic achievement). Regression analysis was used for testing hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study showed that there was a positive and significant impact of lecturers’ capacity building (β = .714, t = 16.051, p <. 05) on business education students’ academic achievement. Capacity-building initiatives were directly influencing dependent variable R = 0.791, P< .05 and that about 62% of the variance in dependent variable accounted for the linear combination of explanatory variables. The study recommended that government through university management should sponsor business education lecturer on a workshop programme that can further aid their instruction knowledge and skills to adopt student-centered teaching method. The senior lecturers among others should organizes mentoring programme for junior lecturers on the ways to aids business education undergraduates’ academic achievement.