An Evaluation of Challenges of Secretarial Education Programme In Nigerian Universities Between 20000 – 2009

The Nigerian universities that offer Business Education programme (Secretarial Option) face some challenges in the area of lack of qualified secretarial lecturers and inadequate modern office technology and information systems for teaching and learning. This paper identifies the modern office technology and information systems relevant for secretarial training, evaluates the availability of the modern office technologies for teaching/learning and examines the adequacy of the qualification of secretarial lecturers in Nigerian universities. It finally draws conclusion and recommendations among others, that the universities’ Management should establish a Resource Mobilization Centre that would be responsible for sourcing funds to purchase and install the modern office technology and information systems for teaching and learning.