SURVEY OF THE INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY-BASED SKILLS NEEDED TO ENHANCE EMPLOYABILITY OF AUTOMOBILE TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION GRADUATES IN NIGER STATE.

Abstract

This research was design for the survey of the information and communication technology-based skills needed to enhance employability of automobile technology education graduates in Niger State. The automobile technology education graduates must be equipped with a wide range of technical and soft skills, including programming, data analysis, communication, and collaboration. A total population sample of 115 respondents comprising of 75 computer science lecturers and 40 automobile technology lecturers. Descriptive and inferential statistical tools were used to analyze data from field work. Mean Score and standard deviation. Analysis of the study was done with the aid of the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). The results of the study indicate that the active population in computer science lectures and automobile technology lecturers. In regards to the ICT-based skills do Automobile Technology Education Graduates in Niger State need to enhance their employability, all the respondents were strongly agreed, however they are Automotive diagnostic technology is used in the to detect and diagnose any technical problems in vehicles, ability to interpret and analyze data from diagnostic tools. Additionally, scrap yards were observed to be a major source of automobile technology education graduate in Niger State.