Title: TECHNIQUES FOR IMPROVING PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN TECHNICAL COLLEGES AND AUTOMOBILE COMPANIES FOR ENHANCING SKILL ACQUISITION IN SOUTH EAST, NIGERIA.

Authors:
Ajah, A. O., Atsumbe, B. N. & 3Raymond, E.

Abstract: Abstract This study focused on the techniques for improving partnership between technical colleges and automobile companies for enhancing skill acquisition in south East, Nigeria. Two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. A descriptive survey design was employed and the population for the study was105 respondents made up of 25automobile company managers, 32 school administrators and 48 MVM teachers and due to the manageable size of population, there was no sampling. The instrument for data collection was a structured questionnaire which was face validated by three experts in Department of Industrial technology education from Federal University of Technology, Minna. A reliability coefficient of 0.86 for the instrument was determined using Cronbach alpha. Data were analysed using mean for the research questions ANOVA for testing the hypothesis at .05 level of significance. The study revealed the following among others, that jointly organizing internship programme seminar, exhibitions, cooperative programme of research and workshops between technical colleges and automobile companies are techniques for improving partnership towards personnel development. Consequently, it was recommended among others that techniques such as using Rehabilitate Operate Transfer (ROT), Build Lease Transfer (BLT) and Build Own Operate Transfer (BOOT) should be utilized in the provision of infrastructures and services in technical colleges of South East, Nigeria. Keywords: Partnership, Technical College Education, Automobile Companies, Skills Acquisition.

Publication Date: 2016-08-09