Abstract

This paper discusses role of Office Technology and Management Education (OTME) in the production of skilled and competent workforce for employment and sustainable national development. The paper also examines the concepts of Office Technology and Management Education (OTME), National Development, Skills Acquisition and Competency. It went further to explain some global competencies acquired by graduates of OTME for them to be relevant in the labour market. The paper also discussed the numerous roles of OTME in the national development and hindrances to the effective implementation of the OTME Curriculum which includes window dressing for Accreditation Exercise, Inadequacy of funds, Corruption and mismanagement of funds, inadequacy of human resources, epileptic power supply, ineffective evaluation and assessment system and Inadequacy of physical Training facilities among others which impede the roles of OTME in national development. The paper concluded that OTME is an educational programme which aims at self-reliance and production of employer of labour which are vital in the contemporary Nigeria. Management of tertiary institutions and department of OTME should avoid window dressing for Accreditation Exercise and set up monitoring teams to monitor, among others, among others, were recommended.