Title: REENGINEERING TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING TOWARD ECONOMIC AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA

Authors:
Uzoka,Ngozi(Ph.D) & Olabiyi,Oladiran Stephen(Ph.D)

Abstract: Abstract Technology education is of immense importance to present day Nigeria,because of its potentials to produce the needed skills, knowledge and competences required to steer the engine of development. Therefore, the paper examined: challenges confronting TVET institutions in developing employees; responsibilities expected of industries in helping TVET institutions and mechanism for reengineer TVET programme. Descriptive survey research design was employed in carried out the studs. data were obtained using structured questionnaire from 197 TVET lecturers/instructors and TVET graduates in Lagos State. The collected data were analyzed using mean and standard deviation to answer research questions while independen1 samples 1-test was employed to test null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The reliability coefficient for the study was .88 using Cronbach alpha reliability tests. The findings revealed: inability of TVET institutions to track employment destination of their graduates, consequently, valuable feedback inputs to be factored into the review of curricula and training packages are lost: There is no significant difference between the mean responses of respondents regarding responsibilities expected of industries by gender and working experience: the mechanism for reengineering TVET programme include that industrial policy should shifts to align education systems with economic development towards effective manpower development. Based on the findings,it was recommended that government should increase funding to support TVET,while TVET institutions must deliver flexible and demand-driven training. Keywords:Reengineering,Technical and Vocational Education and Training, Employees, Economic,Industrial Development

Publication Date: 2019-12-05