Title: LOW END MOBILE PHONE MAINTENANCE COMPETENCIES REQUIRED FOR YOUTHS EMPOWERMENT AT SKILL ACQUISITION CENTRES IN ENUGU STATE

Authors:
Jimoh, Bakare & Oriola, Olatunji Fadairo

Abstract: Abstract The study was carried out to determine low end mobile phone maintenance competencies required for youth empowerment at skill acquisition centres in Enugu State. Three research questions guided the study while three null hypotheses formulated were tested at 0.05 level of significance. A descriptive research design was adopted for the study. The population for the study comprised all the 69 lecturers of electrical/electronic technology in two government established universities and roadside cell phone technicians. A structured questionnaire was used for collecting data from the respondents. The instrument was validated by three experts; two in the Department of Industrial Technical Education, University of Nigeria, Nsukka and one cell phone technician. Cronbach alpha reliability method was employed to determine the internal consistency of the questionnaire item; a cronbach alpha coefficient of 0.83 was obtained. Sixty nine copies of the instrument were administered while sixty five copies of the instrument were retrieved and analyzed using mean to answer research questions while t-test was used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The study found out that the 21 competencies were required for servicing low end mobile phone, 22 competencies for servicing low end phones and 20 safety competencies were required for maintenance of low end mobile phones. Recommendations include that all the low end mobile phone maintenance competencies should be packaged and used to train youths at skill acquisition centres in Enugu State. Keywords: low end mobile, empowerment, youths, maintenance, unemployment

Publication Date: 2018-12-06