ADEQUACY OF HUMAN AND MATERIAL RESOURCES OF TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN NIGERIA: A STUDY OF GOVERNMENT TECHNICAL COLLEGES IN NIGER STATE NIGERIA

Abstract

Abstract: Technical and Vocation Education and Training (TVET) is a type of education that empowers and prepares people to go from learning to working and to become helpful members of society, which in turn improves the country's economic standing. The study was carried out to determine the Adequacy of Human and Material Resources of Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Nigeria: A study of Government Technical Colleges in Niger State Nigeria. Three research questions guided the study. The study adopted mixed research design. The target population of the study consist of all the technical teachers, workshops personnel’s and administrators in government technical colleges in Niger State, Nigeria. Multistage Cluster Sampling technique was employed and a total of 825 respondents were used for the study. The instrument for data collection was a structured questionnaire and interview. Mean statistics, standard deviation and thematic analysis were employed to analyze data for answering the research questions. The findings of the study revealed among others that, some of the human resources at technical colleges in Niger State are adequate while some are not-adequate. Physical materials resources are adequate while, the ICT materials resources are not adequate at technical colleges in Niger State. It was recommended among others that, ministry of technical education should encourage cooperative education; this will improve the practical knowledge of both the teachers and the students. There should be relationship between industries and private sectors to ensure there is appropriate interface between what is been taught and learnt in the class and the world of work. Keywords: Technical and Vocation Education and Training (TVET), Human and material resources, Technical