Infrastructure Facilities Available for the Implementation of Blocklaying, Bricklaying and Concreting Curriculum in Technical Colleges in Niger State.

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to determine the availability of the infrastructure facilities for the implementation of Blocklaying, Bricklaying and Concreting (BBC) curriculum in technical colleges in Niger State. Descriptive survey research was adopted for the study and the population consisted of 30 respondents made up of 6 Principals, 6 BBC Heads of Department and 18 BBC Teachers in Technical Colleges in Niger State. A checklist questionnaire containing 10 items was used to collect data from all the respondents and there was no sampling conducted. The instrument was validated by three experts. Cronbach Alpha statistic was used to establish the reliability of the instrument which yielded 0.82. Frequency count and percentage was used to answer the research questions for the study. It was found that all the infrastructure facilities outlined were needed for the implementation of BBC curriculum but in the other hand some of the infrastructure facilities were not available for the implementation of the BBC curriculum in Technical Colleges in Niger State. It was recommended that Niger State government should provide these infrastructure facilities needed for effective implementation of the BBC curriculum and also Parent Teachers’ Association (PTA) of Technical Colleges in the State should devise a means of assisting the Technical Colleges towards the provision of these infrastructure facilities as contained in the NBTE minimum standards for the implementation of the BBC curriculum.