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Analysis of the Effect of Inadequate Facilities and Equipment in Universities on Technology and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in South-South Nigeria

ABSTRACT

This paper examined critically the effect of inadequate facilities and equipment on the successful delivery of technical and vocational education and training. Four research questions were raised and answered to guide the research study. The sample of 40 students was purposively selected from three universities from two states that made up the six states in the South-South geopolitical zone. The instrument for data collection was a structured questionnaire which was subjected to validation by three (3) experts in TVET from Vocational and Technical Education from University of Benin, Benin City and their corrections were effected in the final draft of the instrument. Using the Spearman Product Moment Correlation Coefficient, the instrument gave a reliability value of r = 0.72, which implied that the instrument was reliable. The research study revealed that inadequate facilities and equipment and machines have negative effects on the creativity skills of its recipients and that the 6 months Students’ Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) to a high extent improve on the employability skills of the students. It was also revealed that inadequate facilities and equipment have negative effect on the interest and performance of the students in the courses and their employability skills are also negatively affected to a high extent. The recommendations made include the fact that all TVET institutions should have suitable and well-equipped workshop and that there should be improved funding of TVET programmes with enriched and enhanced curriculum to impact employability skills in the students.

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