Equipment and Facilities Gap in Vocational Technical Education of Higher Institution: Implication for Graduates Employability in Nigeria
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.11113/sh.v14n2.1838Keywords:
Equipment, Facility, Gap, Technical education, EmployabilityAbstract
Sains
Humanika
Full paper
Equipment and Facilities Gap in Vocational Technical Education of Higher Institution: Implication for Graduates Employability in Nigeria
The global aim of technical education is to produce competent manpower who will be employable or self-reliant. The rising rate of restiveness and criminality occasioned by the spate of unemployment among technical education graduates in Nigeria calls for concern. Despite the huge government investment in technical education, there seem to be a lot of grounds to be covered in equipment and facilities. This study surveys the equipment and facilities used for teaching technical students in Nigeria Universities. A peer-reviewed methodological approach based on a systematic review of journal articles and a checklist of the minimum equipment and facilities standards by the National University Commission was conducted using research assistants from Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Ekiti State University and the Bamidele Olumilua University of Education, Science and Technology, Ikere-Ekiti was used for this study. The totality of equipment and Facilities available in the 3 Universities for imparting knowledge in Electrical/Electronics, Building technology, Woodwork Technology, Metalwork and Automobile technologies. The percentages of the available equipment and facilities were obtained using Excel Package for generalization. The study reveals that equipment and facilities for some courses in technical education are grossly in short supply. A recommendation was made for further study on the quality and functionality of the equipment and facility for teaching technical students in Nigerian Universities.
References
Abolo, E. V. (2016). Programs in Nigeria Higher Institutions and Graduate Unemployment. Journal of Research & Method in Education, 7(2), 1–6.
Adesina, O. (2013). Unemployment and Security Challenges. European Journal of Humanity and Social Science, 3(7), 146-156
Afolayan, O. T., Okodua, H., Matthew, O., & Osabohien, R. (2019). Reducing unemployment malaise in Nigeria: The Role of Electricity Consumption and Human Capital Development. International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, 9(4), 63–73.
Akanbi, G. O. (2017). Prospects for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Nigeria: Bridging the Gap Between Policy Document and Implementation. International Education Journal, 16(2), 1–15.
Amedorme, S., & Fiagbe, Y. (2013). Challenges Facing Technical And Vocational Education In Ghana. International Journal of Scientific & Technology Research, 2(6), 253–255.
Ari, J. (2018). Unemployment in Nigeria. Interviewer: Nigeria Television Authority.
Asaju, K. (2014). The Rising Rate of Unemployment in Nigeria: The Socio-Economic and Political Implications. Global Business and Economic Research, 3(2), 12–32.
Awogbenle, A. C., & Iwuamadi, K. C. (2010). Youth Unemployment: Entrepreneurship Development Programme as an Intervention Mechanism. African Journal of Business Management, 4(6), 831–835.
Ayonmike, C. S., & Okeke, B. C. (2016). Bridging the Skills Gap and Tackling Unemployment of Vocational Graduates through Partnerships in Nigeria. Journal of Technical Education and Training, 8(2), 1–11.
Babatunde Durosinmi-Etti. (2017, April 10). Bridging the Labour Skill Gap. The Nation News Paper, pp. 1–2.
Chinyere, T., & Faith, C. (2012). Entrepreneurship and Employability among Nigerian Graduates, Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, 3(December), 68–74.
Emmanuel, S. (2015). Repositioning Technical and Vocational Education Toward Eradicating Unemployment in Nigeria. International Journal of Vocational and Technical Education, 7(6), 54–63
Fraser, C. J., Duignan, G., Stewart, D., & Rodrigues, A. (2019). Overt and Covert: Successful Strategies for Building Employability Skills of Vocational Education Graduates. Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability, 10(1), 157.
Holmes, L. M., & Holmes, L. M. (2015). Becoming a Graduate : The Warranting of an Emergent Identity. https://doi.org/10.1108/ET-08-2013-0100
John Olutope, E. (2014). Infrastructural Facilities and the Practice of Vocational Business Education in Nigeria. IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 19(5), 01–05.
Kautz, T., Heckman, J. J., Diris, R., Weel, B. ter, & Borghans, L. (2014). Fostering and Measuring Skills. National Bureau of Economic Research, No. w19656. https://doi.org/10.1787/5jxsr7vr78f7-en
Kinash, Shelley; Linda Crane; Madelaine-Marie Judd; Sally Kift; Kirsty Mitchell; Matthew McLean; Cecily Knight; David Dowling; Grace Lynch, G. A. (2015). Graduate Employability: How Universities can Improve Students’ Graduate Employability: Lessons from National OLT research. Education Technology Solutions.
Lloydtruth. (2017). Unemployment in Nigeria: Causes and Solution. https://doi.org/www.nairaland.com/1419446/unemployment-nigeria-causes-solution
Moses, K. M. (2016). Improving Quality and Competence of TVET Output through School Cooperation with the Industry.: A case study of Uganda. AIP Conference Proceedings 1778, 030060
Noko, J. E. (2017). Causes and Solution to Unemployment in Nigeria. https://doi.org/educacinfo.com/causes-solution--unemployment-nigeria/
Okoye, R., & Arimonu, M. O. (2016). Technical and Vocational Education in Nigeria : Issues, Challenges and a Way Forward. Journal of Education and Practice, 7(3), 113–118.
Olojuolawe, S. R., Bt, N., Amin, M., & Babatunde, T. A. (2020). Employability Skills Framework for Navigating the Challenges of IR4. 0, (August), 17–21.
Onyeike, V. C., & Onyeagbako, S. O. (2018). Enhancing employability through University Education: The Role of National University Commission (NUC). Global Journal of Educational Research, 13(2), 109.
Hamzah, R. (2013). An Assessment of Workplace Skills Acquired by Students of Vocational and Technical Education Institutions. International Education Studies, 6(11), 15–20.
Sacco, L. (1983). The 21. Studie Materiali Di Storia Delle Religioni (1983), 78(2), 471–509.
Sambo, A. S., Garba, B., Zarma, I. H., & Gaji, M. M. (2012). Electricity Generation and the Present Challenges in the Nigerian Power Sector, Paper presented at Conference: 21st World Energy Congress (WEC) 2010, Montreal, Quebec (Canada), 12-16 Sep 2010; 1–17.
Samuel, O., & Olumuyiwa, E. (2012). Assessment of National Commission for Colleges of Education Curriculum in College of Education, Ikere-Ekiti, 2(17), 298–302.
Sunday, R., F, B. S., Samson, A., Moradeke, G., Ekiti, I., State, E., State, E. (2017). Global Awareness of Graduate Employability Skills : A Challenge To Africa Nations, 4(10), 8418–8421.
Suyanta, Prianto, E., Ismara, I., Fitrihana, N., Syauqi, K., Wardoyo, S., Dwandaru. (2019). Facility standards of Vocational Schools: Comparison of Existing and Modern Facility Designs. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 1273(1).
Toby, T. U. (1997). Essentials of Management and Leadership in Vocational and Technical Education. Agbor, Nigeria: Centre Books Limited.
Ukit, S. J. (2016). Towards Transformation of Technical Education for a Successful Career in Nation Building, Academic Discourse: An International Journal 9(1), 257–264.
Ukuma, S., Ochedikwu, J. O., & Deke, G. N. (2013). Revamping Vocational and Technical Education in Nigeria for Sustainable Development. Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, 4(12), 55–59.
Uwaifo, V. O. (2009). Attaining Standards in Technology Education in Nigeria Universities Through Effective Utilization of Physical Facilities, International NGO Journal 4(4), 146–159.
Wahba, E. M. (2010). Competency Standards for Technical and Vocational Education and Training TVET, 1–23. http://www.unevoc.unesco.org/e-forum/CompetenceStandardsforTVET.
