AN ASSESSMENT OF TI-IE NATIONAL DIRECTORATE OF EIVIPLOYMENT SKILL DEVELOPM.ENT PROGRAMME IN MAIOUGURI, BORNO STATE, NIGERIA.

Abstract

Abstract Thi~ ~ lUdy \\"as conducted to assess the National directurate of employment skill development programmc ill Borno State. To elicit thc pertincnt information lor thc study. four research questions were drawn on the criteria used in the selection or recruitment o f tra iners and trainees and the adequacy of the training programllle. thc problems militating against the development of ski ll s. thc achicvemcnts malic by the NDE and the fate or status of the trainecs after grad uation. rour hypothesis were formulated and testcd at 0.5 levcl of' s ignilicance. The target population for the study consisted of trainers and trainecs uf the vocational and skills development programme of the NDE in Borno St:1 te. Questionnaire \\TIT llsed to collect data for the study, the result of the responses \\'CIT analyzed us ing simple mean, standard deviation and T-test as stati stical tools. The finding revea led the criteria used in the selection of trainers and trainees and the training programme as being adequate, the problem militating against the development sk ills in the NDE, the extent to which the NDE has achicved its aims and objectives and fate or status of the trainees after graduation li'OIl1 NDE in Borno State. Recommendations \-"ere also made among which were th at government should provide enough loans for the efficient running of the progralllllle and also the provision of sufficient equipment for the training o r thc youths in Borno State.