ASSESSING THE RELEVANCE OF CONCEPT AND OBJECTIVE OF ACCOUNTING EDUCATION ON THE PROSPECT OF BUSINESS EDUCATION PROGRAM IN DIGITAL ERA IN NIGERIA. (CASE STUDY OF AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA)
Keywords:
Assessment, Concept, Objective, Prospect and Digital eraAbstract
The study focuses on the assessment of the concept and objective of Accounting Education on the prospect of Business Education program in the digital era in Nigeria. Two research objectives, two research questions and two research hypotheses were developed for the study. Survey research design was adopted, the population of the study was 403 business Education students of undergraduate, and Postgraduate as well as lecturers of Ahmadu Bello University. It was purposively sampled to the postgraduate students and Lecturers. A questionnaire instrument tagged “Concept and Objectives of Accounting Education in Business Education Instrument (COAEBEI)” using Linkert scale was used to collect data. The data collected was analyzed and tested using Regression. The Hypotheses were tested at alfa equals to 0.05 level. The first Null Hypothesis was retained while the later was rejected and the finding is that concept of accounting education in the digital era has no relevance on the prospect of Business Education program, but the objectives of Accounting education has contextual relevance in Business Education program.
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