Assessment Of Electrical /Electronic Laboratory Facilities In Technical Colleges In Kaduna State, Nigeria

Ibrahim Shittu Kailani

Abstract


This study assessed the Electrical/Electronic facilities in Technical colleges for the attainment of MDGs. Two research questions were formulated to guide the study. Descriptive Survey research design was adopted while the area of the study was Kaduna Central. The population comprised of two Electrical Installation and Maintenance laboratories and two Radio, Television and Electronics laboratories in technical colleges situated in Kaduna Central. No sampling technique was adopted as the data on all the Electrical/Electronic facilities in Technical colleges situated in Kaduna Central was utilized for the study. The instruments for data collection for this study were two structured checklists developed by the researchers using the minimum standard requirement of National Board for Technical Education (NBTE). To establish the validity of the instruments, face and content validation of the instruments were done by three experts. The statistical tools used for analyzing the data were frequency and percentage. Findings revealed among others that only 22.5% of facilities in the electronics laboratories are adequate based on NBTE’s minimum requirement; while only 9.8% (9 items) of the facilities in the electrical laboratories are adequate based on NBTE’s minimum requirement. Based on these findings, six (6) recommendations were proffered, amongst which stated that Federal, State and Local Government should ensure prompt provision of adequate laboratory facilities to meet the need of trainees in technical college.

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