REBRANDING TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS THROUGH PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP FUNDING INITIATIVE IN DELTA STATE
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The study investigated the extent Public Private Partnership (PPP) funding initiatives would rebrand technology integration in business education programmes in tertiary institutions in Delta State. Two research questions guided the study. The descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study and the population for the study comprised 109 business educators in Delta State. The instrument for data collection was a structured validated questionnaire. The instrument was subjected to a reliability test using Cronbach Alpha. The test yielded coefficient values of .87 and .80 for the two clusters with an overall reliability co-efficient of .84. Data collected from the respondents were analyzed with mean and standard deviation. The study revealed that public private partnership funding initiatives for providing infrastructure will rebrand technology integration in business education in tertiary institutions in Delta State to a high extent. Findings also revealed that public private partnership funding initiatives for providing educational and professional training will rebrand technology integration in business education in tertiary institutions in Delta State to a high extent. Based on these findings, the researcher recommended among others, that to institutionalize collaborative or public-private partnership (PPP) programmes for technology integration in business education programmes in Nigeria's tertiary institutions, the federal and state governments should develop a regulatory framework. It was also recommended that the federal and state governments in conjunction with the financial institutions must design a risk-sharing loan program so that the risk is shared between the two parties in the event that the loan-financed project fails. Keywords: Technology, Integration, Public Private Partnership (PPP), Funding, Business EducationReferences
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