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Technology and management inadvertently is a major skilled area which is highly Inclined to assist in achieving the demands of modern workplace and creating self- employment. Unfortunately, there are numerous issues and challenges facing the acquisition of OTME skills in institutions of higher learning in Nigeria. From the above analysis, it is obvious that no meaningful OTME skills can be acquired in colleges of education without adequate provision of facilities, manpower and equipment needed in OTME departments to meet the changing needs of the society and workplace. V. R ecommendations The following recommendations become imperative if OTME skills must be acquired: 1. Government and stakeholders should ensure there is regular power supply in institutions of higher learning where OTME courses are being offered and also the management of institutions can improvise for power supply to avoid interruption during teaching learning Process. 2. Funding should be adequate and regular. Government and stakeholders in education should make adequate provision for the educational institutions NCCE and TETFUND should constantly disburse funds needed for appropriate implementation OTME programme in Colleges of Education to enable them meet the current state of art in education 3. The school management should provide alternate source of internet connection should the school’s server be lone to enable smooth teaching and learning. 4. Government should provide adequate facilities and equipment needed for the acquisition. Of OTME skills. 5. Lecturers and students who make use of these equipment and facilities used for skill acquisition should ensure that these facilities are properly cared for after usage and there should be constant maintenance and response whenever there is breakdown in the usage of any of these facilities or equipment. 6. OTME teachers should be adequately motivated to enable them put in their best in discharging their duties and responsibilities. 7. There should be constant training and retraining of lecturers on new technologies introduced into the OTME programme. 8. There should be massive awareness campaign on the benefits of studying OTME so that the negative attitude of students towards skill acquisition will be reduced or eliminated. R eferences R éférences R eferencias 1. Aina, S. (2002). Business Education Technology and National Development. Buner Education Journal , 3(5), 1-8. 2. Egenti, P.U. (2020). Revamping teacher education for meeting the needs of e-learning in Nigeria: Counselling implications. The Nigerian Academic Forum , 27(1), 242-246. 3. Ekwie, K.C. (2013). Effective Teaching of Basic Business Skills . Effective Teaching Book of Reading. 4. Federal Republic of Nigeria (2014). National Policy on Education . Lagos: NERDC Press. 5. Hornby, A.S. (2012). Advance Learners Dictionary of Contemporary English . Britain: OUP: 6. Igbodo, R.O., Eroem. N.M., Ikejiofor, N.LT ., Nwalado, S.H., & Ayamhenre, (2013). Assessment of skills exhibited by secretarial graduate workers in civil service as perceived by employers. Unpublished research work submitted to the Research and Publication Unit (2012 TETF sponsorship). 7. Kalikwu, E. (2019). Entrepreneurial skills required for effective management of small-scale Business as perceived by small scale Business owners in Oshimili South, Delta State. An unpublished B.Sc. (Ed) Project submitted to School of Business Education, Federal College of Education (Technical), Asaba, Delta State 8. Kentos. O.S. (2011). Retrieved on May 2020 from http://www.sagepub.com/eddwards/study/materials /reference/77593-14ref.pdf 9. Merriam Webster Dictionary (2013). Merriam Webster Dictionary Incorporated Accessed online on 4 th July, 2020 on http://www.merraimwebster . com/dictionary/workplace. 10. Njoku. C.U. (2015). Critical incidents in the Nigeria education system: Challenges to business educators. Nigerian Journal of Business Education, 2(2), 1-17. 11. Nwadiokwu, C.N. (2019). E-learning and Education in Nigeria, Trends, Issues, Challenges and Prospects. The Nigerian Academic Forum , 27(1), 78-85. 12. Nwalado, S.H., & Ikenokwalu, A.C. (2019). E-learning facilities usage for teaching office technology and management courses in colleges of education in Delta State. Knowledge Review , 38(1), 29-39. 13. Nwalado, S.H., & Ezeom, M.N. (2019). Assessment of Mobile Learning Technologies Application for Business Education Instruction in Colleges of Education in Delta State Nigeria. Nigerian Journal of Business Educators , 6(2), 182-194 14. Nwalado. S.H. (2016). A Guide to Business Education Practicum , Enugu: Chembus Communication Ventures. Volume XXIII Issue III Version I 78 ( ) Global Journal of Human Social Science - Year 2023 G © 2023 Global Journals Current Issues and Challenges in the Acquisition of Office Technology and Management Education Skills in Federal College of Education (Technical), Asaba