INFLUENCE OF VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION TRAINING ON JOB CREATION, SELF RELIANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF STUDENTS IN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION, KADUNA STATE

Adamu Ibrahim, Mohammed Aishatu Zangina

Abstract


The study investigated the influence of vocational and technical education training on job creation, self-reliance and economic development of colleges of education students in Kaduna state, Nigeria. As a guide, six objectives were raised and six null hypotheses were formulated. Descriptive survey design was used for the study. The population of the study was 4125 final year in vocational and technical education in two colleges of education (Federal College of Education Zaria and College of Education Gidan-waya) in Kaduna state. Four hundred students were randomly selected and used for the study. Data were collected using four rating scale structured questions. The instrument was validated by experts in vocational and technical education. The instrument was pilot tested and data collected were analyzed using Cronbach alpha. The analysis gave reliability coefficient α= 0.87.  Face to face method was employed to administer the questionnaire assisted by two research assistants. Data analysis was done using Statistical Package for Social Science Program Version (SPSS Version 20). The package was used to run regression analysis in testing null hypotheses 1 to 3 while t-test was employed in testing null hypotheses 4 to 6.  All the hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significant. The result revealed among others that training provided in vocational and technical education training in the colleges of education students in Kaduna state has not provide the students with requisite skills needed for job creation of, Nigeria. It was concluded that the emphases given to vocational and technical education and various educational reform in the country geared towards solving the rising number of unemployed graduates and the unsustainable economy development in the country will remain illusion and unachievable. Hence the researchers recommended among others that the federal and the state government should constitute a strong committee that will formulate better policy on monitoring, controlling and implementing and evaluating the affairs of vocational and technical education in the country.


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