Influence of Lecturers' Factors on Academic Achievement in Business Education Program among South-West, Colleges of Education in Nigeria

Abstract The aim of the study is to investigate Influence of Lecturers’ Factors on Academic Achievement in Business Education Program among South-West, Colleges of Education in Nigeria. It is pertinent to consider all possible factors that impact on the lecturer’s performance. After home, school is the most important place and lecturers are the stakeholders for students to learn and develop their educational competencies. Descriptive survey research design was adopted. The sample covered total number of (1105) one thousand one hundred and five 200 level Business Education program during 2024/2025 academic session in south west Colleges of Education. A structured questionnaire on Lecturers’ Factors on Academic Achievement in Business Education Program was used to gather data and information needed. The validity of the instrument was determined by two experts which were Business Education lecturers while the internal consistency reliability coefficient of 0.83 was obtained for the study. Descriptive and inferential statistics: mean, standard deviation and ANOVA were used to analyze data. Findings revealed that, there is strong positive and high academic achievements in business education program with mean scores range from 3.39 to 3.68, and the relatively low standard deviations (between 0.526 and 0.719) and status of lecturers’ factors in Business Education program is high with average weighted mean of (X3.36) with standard deviation of (0.66). It was concluded that, high level of academic achievement in Business Education Program exists among students as a result of lecturers’ factor and application of appropriate teaching methods. It was recommended that; motivation is a mechanism through which the lecturers can produce good results by delivering the quality education to Business Education students. Keywords: Academic Achievement, Business Education Program, Lecturers’ Factors, Teaching, Skills