CAPACITY BUILDING NEEDS OF AUTOMOTIVE MECHATRONICS INSTRUCTORS IN MAINTENANCE OF BRAKINGAND IGN ITION SYSTEMS IN VOCATIONAL ENTERPRISE INSTITUTIONS IN NIGERIA

Abstract

The study was designed to identify the Capacity Building Needs of Automotive Mechatronics Instructors in Vocational Enterprise Institution in Nigeria, two research questions and two null hypotheses guided the study. A descriptive research design was used for the study. The study was carried out in Vocational Enterprise Institutions in FCT, Abuja and Kogi State, Nigeria. A proportional stratified random sampling technique was used to drawn 10% of automotive industrial technicians for the study. The population for the study was 115 respondents which comprises of 77 automotive industrial technicians and 38 automotive mechatronics instructors. Automotive Mechatronics Instructors Capacity Building Needs Questionnaire (AMICBNQ) developed by the researchers and validated by three experts was used for the data collected for the study. The reliability coefficient of the instrument was 0.88 through Cronbach Alpha statistics. Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS Version 23) was used for the data analysis, weighted mean, standard deviation and improvement needed index (INI) were used for answering research questions. While z-test statistics was used to test the null hypotheses formulated for the study at .05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed among others that automotive mechatronics instructors need capacity building in all the identified area of competencies. Based on the findings, it was recommended that: Workshop and seminars should be organized for automotive mechatronics instructors in order to build their capacity in braking and ignition systems. National Directorate of Employment (NDE) as one of the government agency charge with the responsibility of training motor vehicle mechanics should organize capacity building training from time to time and regular seminars and conferences for automotive mechatronics instructors in Vocational Enterprise Institution in Abuja and Kogi State and indeed automotive mechatronics instructors in other parts of Nigeria.