I Justina’s scientific contributions

The study on level of lecturers’ possessed leadership instructional competencies in implementing OTM curriculum in tertiary institutions in Rivers State was necessitated by the need to ensure that students adequately acquire leadership skills for effective performance in employment upon graduation. One research question guided the study and two null hypotheses were tested. Descriptive survey research design was used in the study. Population of all 69 OTM lecturers in all five public tertiary institutions in Rivers State was studied without sampling because the size was not large. A five-point rating scale questionnaire containing 13 items with options of very high level, high level, moderate level, low level and very low level and validated by experts in the field was used for data collection. The instrument was administered to 20 OTM lecturers from the University of Uyo who were not part of the study population and measure of internal consistency method with Cronbach alpha was used to establish the reliability of the instrument which yielded a reliability coefficient value of 0.92. Sixty-five out of the 69 copies of instrument administered were retrieved and used for the study. The arithmetic mean was used to answer the research question while Analysis of Variance (One-way ANOVA) and t-test were used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. A Tukey Post Hoc Test of multiple comparisons was further conducted. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 25.0 was used for data analysis. It was found among others that OTM lecturers possessed high level of leadership competencies for implementing the curriculum. Based on the findings, it was concluded that level of leadership competencies possessed by lecturers is not a causative factor to the lack of employability skills among OTM graduates from the institutions. It was, therefore, recommended among others that Heads of Departments of OTM programme should encourage l

The need to adequately equip graduates of business education to suitably adapt to the workplace and business environment of the current era by using cutting-edge instructional method necessitated this study on assessment of constraining factors to e-learning adoption by business educators in Anambra State. Two research questions guided the study and four hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population of 81 business educators in the area was studied without sampling because of its size. Data for the study were collected with a 22 item questionnaire structured on a 5-point rating scale. The instrument was validated by two experts from Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. The reliability coefficients of 0.88 and 0.92 were obtained by administering the instrument to five business educators in Enugu State and analyzing the data with Cronbach alpha. The researchers administered the instrument with the help of their colleagues in the institutions. Mean and standard deviation were used to analyze data in respect of the research questions while z-test was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The study found that lack of competencies and societal constrain e-learning adoption to a high extent. Gender did not significantly affect the respondents' assessment but type of institution did. Consequently, it was recommended among others that tertiary institutions' management should treat business teacher training with utmost seriousness to equip them with knowledge and competencies for e-learning adoption in classroom instruction.