Multifaceted Skills in Business Education and Increased Productivity among Business Educators in Colleges of Education in Delta State

The study examined to which extent multifaceted skills possessed increase productivity among business educators in Colleges of Education in Delta State. The identified multifaceted skills in business education include financial skills, managerial skills and office technology skills. The study employed the descriptive survey design. Three research questions were raised and one null hypothesis was formulated to guide the study. A population and sample comprised all the seventy-two (72) Business Educators in the four Colleges of Education in Delta State. Data were collected through a fifteen-item structured questionnaire for each research question with a five point Likert-type rating scale. The questionnaire was duly validated and reliability coefficient was established at 0.83 using Cronbach Alpha test. The analysis of data collected was done using mean to answer the research questions and analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used at 0.05 level of significance for testing the null hypothesis. The study found out that the extent of multifaceted skills possessed by business educators, contributed to increased productivity among business educators in Colleges of Education in Delta State. Hence, the study recommended that there is need for quality training of skills in business education for business educators to acquire relevant multifaceted skills for the benefit of rewarding outcome.