Sustainable Practices in Business Education Programme in Nigeria Higher Education: Issues and Solutions

Abstract

This paper addresses sustainable practices in business education programme in Nigeria higher education and identified issues as well as give solutions in order to pave way for future development and the achievement of stated objectives that business education as a programme entails and encompass. One of the major goals of business education is to train students to understand the technological challenges presently and changes that might arise in the future business world. issues facing the programme in various higher education include the issue of Student’s Industrial Work Experience (SIWES) to be carried out in a school where they produced nothing, funding of Business Education programmes, poor remuneration and motivation of teachers, insufficient infrastructure and Inaccessibility of digital and internet technology. It was concluded that Business education is a programme which helps and assist graduates to gain and equipped themselves with necessary skills, knowledge, attitudes and values in its recipients which enables graduates to handle future challenges of life. The study recommend among others that  Nigeria higher education institutions were business education programmes are been taught  should give students up-to-date, modern machinery, tools, and equipment for their best performance in acquiring practical skills because business education programme is a skill builder programme and should be taken into concern and existing facilities need to be constantly up-dated in line with changing technologies once this is done, it will assist the programme in sustaining the future.