THE PERCEPTION OF STUDENTS TOWARDS THE INTRODUCTION OF WEB PAGE DESIGN INTO THE OTM CURRICULUM USING FEDREAL POLYTECHNIC NEKEDE, OWERRI AS A CASE STUDY

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BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

The global economy has evolved from its traditional structure into one that is driven by technology economy. This continual development has resulted in a major change in occupations and skills, and as a result, it has encouraged the incorporation of information and communication technology (ICT) into most sectors of life (CISCO, 2008; Partners in Education Transformation, 2010). As a consequence of this, the majority of jobs today demand candidates who are able to utilize the Internet to access e-business services, communicate via email, Instant Messaging (IM), and other modern communication tools, utilizing network computer technologies or other smart mobile devices (Global e-Schools and Communities Initiative, 2013).

According to Meeker (2012)'s research, around 28 percent of the population in Nigeria makes use of the Internet's resources, making them the country with the highest percentage of Internet users in all of Africa. Adewoye and Oni (2011) further traced the growth of Internet users from the year 2000, pointing out that the number of Internet users in the year 2000 was approximately 0.1% of the population of approximately 142, 895, 600, and by the year 2011, the population had risen to approximately 26.5%, describing the growth as sporadic. Adewoye and Oni (2011) also pointed out that the number of Internet users in the year 2000 was approximately 0.1% of the population of approximately 142 This increase in Internet use suggests a favorable environment for digital marketing and is a forerunner for the expansion of electronic commerce, or e-commerce, in Nigeria (Oborah, 2014). The unpredictable expansion of the internet is having a profound effect on the needs of many jobs. Workers in the workplace of the 21st century need to be able to continually improve and reinvent themselves in order to stay up with the rapid pace of global change (Dede, 2007; Kotelnikov, 2009). Since more and more mundane jobs may be mechanized, computers and other technological devices are gradually replacing humans in their performance of such duties. Because of advances in information and communications technology (ICT), cognition—both thinking and action—is now dispersed throughout the brains and hands of humans, which has significant consequences for both the subject matter that individuals learn and the method by which they acquire it.

The creation and implementation of an educational program's curriculum has a significant impact on the institution's ability to achieve its goals, whether those goals are met or not. In the same way that a floor plan is drawn out for a home, a curriculum is an organized set of guidelines or instructions that are meant to be followed during the process of teaching and learning in an official educational setting. There are many in the field of curriculum who maintain that the content of a country's educational system is directly correlated to that country's level of prosperity or poverty. This is due to the fact that the curriculum is where, first, the values, hopes, and aspirations of a country are understood. Therefore, the curriculum is comprised of a well plotted out programme that details what should be taught, how it should be taught, when it should be taught, and how it should be evaluated.

Because of the dynamic character of the curriculum, it may be described in a number of different ways. The changes in conceptions are the result of shifts in how we think about knowledge, learners, and the roles that learners play. To accommodate the exponential growth of knowledge in society, the conceptions undergo shifts. In light of the aforementioned, Ferdinand (2007) defined the term "curriculum" as the sum total of all the experiences that are made available to a student under the aegis of the educational school. The curriculum is comprised of all of the activities that take place in the school and are intended to foster the cognitive, emotional, and psychomotor development of the students. It is a formal document that is utilized in the school or any other environment that is considered to be formal that is written for a student and acts as a guideline for a facilitator of learning.

​​​​​​​STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

A worthwhile curriculum never settles into one set path. It is possible that it will be altered. It is very necessary to adapt the curriculum of the polytechnic institution to reflect the changing demands of society. This results in the study of office technology and management taking the place of secretarial studies in order to keep up with the changes in society and the increasing need for information and communication technology (ICT) jobs like web design. There was a significant shift in the course offerings at the polytechnic institute as a result of the emphasis placed on information and communications technology (ICT), with ICT holding the highest unit. This is in accordance with the first goal and objective for the acquisition of secretarial skills, which states that graduates of the Office Technology and Management (ND and HND) programmes should be able to fit properly into the office of any computerized organization and perform the functions of a secretary in a professional manner. This is in line with the first goal and objective for the acquisition of secretarial skills (Iredia, 2006).

Human and material resources are very important in realizing the mission and vision statements of OTM in higher institutions, which were aimed at meeting the skill and competency needs of the industry and society in general, in this age of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and how to use it to its maximum potential. It will be easier to fully execute the Office Technology and Management curriculum at higher education institutions if the resources are readily available and are of an adequate quality.

It has been noted that the majority of OTM graduates are unable to successfully use ICT devices such as smart phones, camcorders, laptops, Ipods, Iphones, improved versions of VCDS, PCS, Computer notebooks, pedometers, and so on, to say nothing of developing a website.

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