Assessment of Maintenance Practices for Business Education Modern Facilities in Rivers State Universities

This study assessed business education modern facilities maintenance practices for effective utilisation in teaching Business education programme in Universities in Rivers State. Three purposes of study, three research questions, and one hypothesis were used to guide the study. The population comprised of 122 Business Education lecturers in universities in Rivers State. Based on the size of the population, the whole population was used for the study. The main instrument for data collection was questionnaire titled “Plant Facilities Maintenance practices for effective utilization in teaching Business Education Programmne Questionnaire” (PFPMEUTBEPQ)” and data collected were face and content validated by three lecturers, two from Business Education and the other from Measurement and Evaluation, all in the Faculty of Education, Rivers State University, Port Harcourt. Test–retest method was used to arrive at 0.9 indicating that the instrument has a high reliability. Out of 122 copies of the questionnaire distributed, 96 were retrieved and used for the study. Decision rule was based on the four-point Likert rating scale of Strongly agree (SA), Agree (A), Disagree (D) and Strongly Disagree (SD) respectively. Twenty Questionnaires (20) were raised from the research questions and was analyzed using a four point Likert Scale. The hypothesis was tested using z-test at 0.05 level of significance. The data collected were analyzed using Mean method and standard deviation. A benchmark of 2.5 was used as a criterion for agreement. It was concluded from the study that the items on predictive, preventive, and routine maintenance were all agreed by the staff in Business education universities in Rivers State. The following recommendations were made among others, that: government of Rivers State should encourage a maintenance culture among staff and students in business education department. Keywords: Modern facilities, Maintenance Practice, Business Éducation Programme