Business Educators' Perceptions on Business Skills as Predictors of Business Success in Colleges of Education of North-West Nigeria.

The purpose of this study was to determine business educators’ perception of vocational Business Education skills as predictors of business success. two research questions and two null hypotheses guided the study. Literatures relevant to the study were reviewed. The study adopted descriptive survey design. Jigawa and Kano State are the area of the study. A total of 71 Business Educators formed the population of the study. Purposive sampling technique was used for the study. A structured questionnaire developed by the researcher tagged: Business Educators’ Perception of Vocational Skills as Predictors of Business Success questionnaire (BEPVSPBSQ) was used. The reliability values obtained were 0.89, 0.76, 0.80, 0.83, and 0.85respectively and the overall reliability of 0.91 was obtained using Cronbach Alpha, indicating a high reliability coefficient of the instrument. The data generated for the study were analyzed using simple percentage, mean and standard deviation to answer the personal data and research questions while the null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance using inferential statistic of Analysis of Variance(ANOVA) and Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (PPMCC).The findings showed among others that there was high extent to which risk management skills determine business successes undertaken by Business Education graduates and there was high extent to which Information and Communication Technology skills determine business successes undertaken by Business Education graduates. Based on the findings the researcher recommended among others, that Business Education students should be made to acquire risk management skills so as to contribute meaningfully to the economy of the country and that Stakeholders in Business Education should co-operates and collaborate in providing tertiary institutions with adequate, suitable and up to date ICT and entrepreneurial facilities that will facilitates acquisition of skills for students and being productive in the world of work.