STAKEHOLDER'S PERCEPTION ON QUALITY IMPLEMENTATION OF TECHNICAL VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN TECHNICAL COLLEGES IN NIGER STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

The study determined the stakeholder's perception on quality implementation of Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Niger State, Nigeria. Two research questions guided the study and two null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. A descriptive survey research design was employed for the study. A total population of 199 respondents comprising of 56 Administrators (Principals, Vice Principals and Heads of Departments) and 143 Teachers of all the trades in technical colleges were used for the study. A 25-items structured questionnaire developed by the researcher and validated by three experts in technical education was used for the data collected for the study. The data collected from the pilot testing was analyzed to establish a reliability coefficient of 0.88 for the instrument using Cronbach Alpha statistic. Mean and standard deviation were the statistical tools employed to analyze the data for the study. The findings among others revealed that: There are no good and sufficient infrastructures for quality implementation of TVET, there are no consumables for effective implementation of TVET, there is no enough illustrative textbook for quality implementation of TVET in technical colleges in Niger State and both management staff and teachers are committed to ensure quality implementation of TVET in technical colleges in Niger State. Based on these findings, it was recommended that in order to ensure qualitative implementation of TVET government should provide the necessary facilities for nation development and also stakeholders should continue to give support to quality implementation of TVET in technical colleges in Niger State.