INTRODUCTION
The national committee of education
in United States (1963) defined business education as that part of educational
process which concerns itself with vocational preparation for a career in
teaching business and also with business information important for every
consumer in order that it may better his understanding and use of his business
and economic surroundings. That is why business education curriculum prepares
students in two different ways; GBE is to improve the understudying of business
and its relationship to the total economy which is the type of business
education needed by everybody in the society despite your area of specialization.
It help to develop personal consumer competence and to relate the role of the
consumer to the total economy. VBE which is the aspect of business education to
be given to those who want it needs it and are ready to benefit from it
prepares people with competent skills that will make them get employed in the
office, as a teacher or to be self employed as an entrepreneur. Faculty of
business management is a faculty that houses business courses while faculty of
education is a faculty that houses all educational courses in the institution
of higher learning.
Argument for: Ndinechi (1987) concluded after examination and
analysis of the issue believes strongly that the faculty of education is the
administrative unit that gives the specialized training required for the
professional preparation of all teachers including business teachers and should
be the home for business education programmes.
Since vocational education by its
objective aims at training the students with skill that will make them to be
self employed, it is better to house the department of business education with
other vocational education not overlooking the close co-operation that is very
important and carry it to the faculty of business administration that prepares
students to gain employment only and it not carrier oriented.
Business education should be
domicile in the faculty of education so that professional business educators
will be presiding in their affairs and also be training the students appropriately.
Unlike when it is in the faculty of business administration where a
non-vocational educator who does not know the needs value and problems of
vocational education would preside over its affairs either at the faculty level
or at the department level.
Business education should be under the
faculty of education so that the possibility of making adequate budgetary
provision for programme alongside other vocational education programme will be
ensured instate of locating it in the management faculty where management
courses that are not vocation in nature are housed.
Ensuring that efficiency and
effectiveness in the administration and supervision of the programme business
education is maintained it should be house in the faculty of education so that
professional vocational educators will be involved in its curriculum
management.
Argument against
Business education should be housed
in the faculty of business management where other business courses are housed
for effectiveness and efficiency. Sequel to this point, Isu(1987) concluded
that effort should be made to house the
programme for preparation of business teachers in the faculty of
business administration in order to emphasize business subjects in the
environment of business, not over looking the close cooperation that is
important and imperative form faculty of education to provide the “how” to
teach.
It is better to house business
education in the faculty of business management so that professionals from business
management will pilot their affairs alongside other business subjects or course.
Base on the deliberations above I am
of the opinion that business education should be domicile in the faculty of
education since it is career oriented, it will be better if it is housed together with other vocation
educational courses so that professionals form both business education and
vocational education who knows the needs values and problems of vocational
education would preside over its affairs.
Summary
From
the discursion so far, it have shown that business education contains of the General
Business Education GBE which is all about the basic business knowledge that
should be made available for everybody and Vocational Business Education VBE
designed to develop special competencies in marketable business skill and
techniques. This is the aspect of business education that falls under
vocational education and it should be given to those student who needs It want
it and are ready to benefit form it. Since vocational education prepares people
in different specialized skill or vocation, business education should be housed
alongside other vocational education.
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