Improving Vocational Education and Training among Senior Secondary Schools for Skill Development and Self-Reliance in Jos South LGA of Plateau State

Machief Patrick Ezekiel; Magavin Ayigo Yusufu

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Improving Vocational Education and Training among Senior Secondary Schools for Skill Development and Self-Reliance in Jos South LGA of Plateau State

Machief Patrick Ezekiel, Magavin Ayigo Yusufu

Published in International Journal of Vocational Education and Training Research (Volume 9, Issue 1)

Received: 23 April 2023 Accepted: 13 May 2023 Published: 27 June 2023

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The study was designed to find out the current learning process in vocational education, the challenges of learning vocational education, and strategies for improving the learning of vocational education in senior secondary school for skill development and self-reliance. Three research questions were asked and three hypotheses were tested at (0.05) level of significance. The cross-sectional survey design was adopted for the study and data was collected through a structured questionnaire for students and teachers. The population for the study comprises all the students and vocational education teachers in the study area with a sample of 50 respondents, made up of 30 students and 20 teachers from 8 secondary schools which offer vocational technical subjects. The data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics with the IBM SPSS software while the t-test was used to test the hypotheses. Results of the findings revealed that most vocational subjects are rather being taught theoretically without adequate practical lessons to balance the learning processes, due to lack of adequate training facilities and equipment, shortage of vocational teachers, inadequate funding of vocational education, poor planning, the societal misconception on vocational education amongst others. It is therefore recommended that Government should improve the infrastructure and equipment by adequate funding of vocational education; Guidance and counselling units should be put in place in all skill acquisition centres to encourage students to study vocational and technical education according to their aptitude while technical and vocational teachers at all level should be retrained to fill the gap between school training and industries. The parents should be encouraged to allow their wards to choose their careers according to their aptitude.

Published in	International Journal of Vocational Education and Training Research (Volume 9, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijvetr.20230901.14
Page(s)	19-24
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Vocational Education, Vocational-Technical Subjects, Skill Development, Self-Reliance

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Machief Patrick Ezekiel, Magavin Ayigo Yusufu. (2023). Improving Vocational Education and Training among Senior Secondary Schools for Skill Development and Self-Reliance in Jos South LGA of Plateau State. International Journal of Vocational Education and Training Research, 9(1), 19-24. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijvetr.20230901.14

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Machief Patrick Ezekiel, Magavin Ayigo Yusufu. Improving Vocational Education and Training among Senior Secondary Schools for Skill Development and Self-Reliance in Jos South LGA of Plateau State. Int J Vocat Educ Train Res. 2023;9(1):19-24. doi: 10.11648/j.ijvetr.20230901.14

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Machief Patrick Ezekiel

Department of Mechanical Technology, School of Technical Education Plateau State Polytechnic, Barkin Ladi, Nigeria
Magavin Ayigo Yusufu

School of Environmental Technology, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria

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