Comparative Study of Technical Competencies Acquired By Agricultural Students’ of Federal and State Colleges of Education in Northwest Nigeria

Omodara A. A., Ndomi B. M., Mahmud M.

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The study aimed at determining the levels of technical competencies acquired by Agricultural students in Federal and State Colleges of Education. The study was delimited to four States that have both Federal and State Colleges of Education in Northwest Nigeria. Survey research design was adopted in the study with a population of 932 NCE III students and a sample size of 199 using multi-stage sampling method. The instrument used to elicit information from the respondents was developed by the researcher. The instrument was subjected to face and content validity by three experts in Agricultural Education while the reliability of the instrument was established through Cronbach’s Alpha coefficient which yielded an alpha value of 0.98. Independence t-test was used to analyse the data collected at 0.05 level of significance. Result of the study showed that students of Federal and State colleges acquired high level competency and there was significant difference on the level of technical competency acquired by students of Federal Colleges of Education. It was recommended among other things that lecturers of Agricultural Education should be more practical oriented in their pedagogy towards improving the level of competencies acquires by their students. 


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