EVALUATION OF ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONICS TRADES IN TECHNICAL COLLEGES IN BAUCHI STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) is used as comprehensive term referring to those aspects of educational process involving, in additional to general education, the study of technologies and related sciences and acquisition of practical skills, attitudes, understanding, and knowledge relating to occupation in various sectors of economic and social life. This study focuses on Evaluation of Electrical/Electronics Trades in Technical Colleges in Bauchi State. The study was carried out in Bauchi state, Nigeria. The researcher used four purposes and four research question to guide the study. The study adopted survey research design and total sample population was used in this study. 45 respondents were used in the study comprising of eight principle, 11 head of department, and 26 teachers of Technical Colleges in Bauchi State. The instruments used for the study were structured questionnaire and checklist it was validated by three experts. The reliability coefficients of the instruments were found to be .813 and hence the instrument was found to be reliable. Statistical Package for Social Sciences (IBM SPSS) version 22 was used to analyze the data collected. The major finding of the study were discovered as such; the objectives are needed for effective training of electrical/electronics trades in technical college, most of the human resources used for teaching electrical/electronics trades students are not adequately available in Technical Colleges in Bauchi State, most of the physical resources used for teaching electrical/electronics trades students are adequately available in Technical Colleges in Bauchi State, the most needed workshop materials for training electrical/electronics trades students are not adequately available in Technical Colleges in Bauchi State. The researcher recommends as follows; there should be actualization of the objective, not only in electrical/electronics trades training in technical colleges but in graduate live long so that it will help them in future, Donor agencies should be encouraged to assist in the provision of these necessary materials for training to take place and minimizing the inadequacies of the Electrical/Electronics trades materials in Vocational and Technical Education in the state.