Skills required by technical college graduates in planning and marketing of upholstery products for effective entrepreneurship in Niger State

Abstract

This study is identified the skills required by technical college graduates in planning and marketing of upholstery products for effective entrepreneurship in Niger State. Nigeria Three research questions and three null hypotheses were developed and answered in line with the purpose of the study. Three null hypotheses were formulated and tested at the probability of 0.05 level of significance. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population for the study was 154 respondents consisting of 37 woodwork teachers in the state technical colleges and 117 technical college graduates. There was no sampling since the population is of manageable size. A structured questionnaire was developed by researcher for the purpose of data collection. The questionnaire was faced validated by three experts from Department Industrial and Technology Education, Federal University of Technology. Minna. The reliability co-efficient of the instrument was determined using product moment correlation co-efficient and the reliability of 0.89 was obtained. Data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation to analyze research questions, while t-test statistic was used in testing the null hypotheses. The findings showed that basic skills required for meaning and marketing upholstery production for effective entrepreneurship in Niger State. It was also established that there is no significant difference in the mean ratings of the groups of respondents on skills required by woodwork teachers and Technical College Graduates in Planning and Marketing of Upholstery Product Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that; identified entrepreneurship skills should be integrated into technical college curriculum. Similarly module specifications for upholstery making the graduates and teachers should be standardized and both teachers should be standardized and both teachers and teachers trained on how to used tools, equipment and materials for effective entrepreneurial training