Achieving Sustainable Development Goals through Emerging Technologies in Business Education Programme of Universities in Enugu State
Keywords:
Sustainable development goals, emerging technologies, Business EducationAbstract
The study focused on achieving sustainable development goals through emerging technologies in Business Education Programme of Universities in Enugu State. Survey research design was adopted. Two research questions guided the study. The population for the study was 27 Business Educators in Universities offering Business Education in Enugu State. The population was used as sample for the study. Structured questionnaire containing 16 items was the instrument for data collection. The reliability of the instrument was conducted to check the internal consistency using Cronbach Alpha Reliability Coefficient method. A correlation coefficient of 0.76 was obtained. It was found out that making policies that will make it compulsory for emerging technologies to be incorporated into Business Education Curriculum, setting monitoring team to supervise the integration of new technologies by lecturers during lectures were among the government related strategies for achieving SDGs through emerging technologies in Business Education Programme of Universities in Enugu State. Also, lecturers-related strategies which include lecturers endeavouring to always update their skills on new methods of instruction are among the strategies for achieving SDGs through emerging technologies in Business Education. However, it was recommended among others that government should provide enough funds, computers and peripherals for use of emerging technologies. Also, lecturers should update their skills in new methods of instruction for achieving SDGs.