IIARD International Institute of Academic Research and Development

RESEARCH JOURNAL OF PURE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (RJPST )

E-ISSN 2579-0536
P-ISSN 2695-2696
VOL. 7 NO. 5 2024
DOI: 10.56201/rjpst.v7.no5.2024.pg109.119

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Enhancing Students’ Learning Experience and Satisfaction in Technical and Vocational Education and Training Programme in Rivers State

Iyagbaye, Prince Omoregie; Ojobah, Lucky Obulor (Ph.D), & Ajie, Prince Maduabuchukwu (Ph.D)

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Abstract

The study was designed to determine the strategies for enhancing students’ learning experience and satisfaction in technical and vocational education and training programme in Rivers State. Three research purposes, three research questions and hypotheses guided the study. The study adopted a descriptive survey design. The population for the study comprised 63 TVET lecturers and 51 final year students of the two Rivers State own tertiary institutions that offer tevt programme, namely: Rivers state University Port-Harcourt and Ignatius Ajuru University of Education Rumuolumini, Port-Harcourt. The population was manageable, therefore, there was no sample for the study. A structured questionnaire instrument was used to collect data for the study. The instrument was structured on four-point response options of Agree (A), Strongly agree (SA), Disagree (D) and Strongly disagree (SD) with values of 4, 3, 2, and 1 respectively. The instrument was validated by two experts in Technical Education department, Federal College of Education (Technical) Omoku, Rivers State. Cronbach Alpha reliability coefficient formula was used to determine the reliability of the instrument which yielded 0.76 reliability coefficient. The finding of the study revealed that, the teachers’ strategies, the use of educational facilities and the school strategies are strategies in enhancing students’ learning experience and satisfaction in technical and vocational education and training programme in Rivers State. It was recommended that Teachers should ensure they employ relevant strategies in enhancing students’ learning experience and satisfaction; educational facilities should be made available and utilized to enhance students’ learning experience and satisfaction and the School as an institution should make the school environment attractive and resourceful to learners to enhance students’ learning experience and satisfaction in Technical Vocational Education a

keywords:

Status, adequacy, workshop facilities, teaching and learning

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