Building Skilled and Productive 21 Century Society in An Era of Economic Uncertainties through Technical Education Programmes in Rivers State

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

doi:10.56201/wjimt.v8.no5.2024.pg71.82

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Building Skilled and Productive 21 Century Society in An Era of Economic Uncertainties through Technical Education Programmes in Rivers State

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

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The study looked into building a skilled and productive 21st century society in an era of economic uncertainties through technical education programmes in Rivers State. It investigated building technology education skill for a productive 21st century society in Rivers State, electrical/electronic skills for a productive 21st century society in Rivers State, and mechanical/metalwork technology education skills for a productive 21st century society in Rivers State. Three research questions and hypotheses were answered and tested at 0.05 level of significance. A descriptive survey design guided the study. The population of the study comprised 61 and 87 technical education lecturers and years’ three students respectively in the three tertiary institutions in Rivers State that offers this programme. The population was manageable, therefore, the entire population were sampled. Self-made survey questionnaire served as the instrument for the study. The instrument was validated by three experts in the fields. Reliability of the instrument was established using Cronbach Alpha reliability coefficient which yielded a coefficient of 74. Mean and Standard Deviation were used to answer the research questions while z-test statistical tool was used to test the hypotheses. The study found among others that site design, interpretation of architectural drawing, ICT application, power system, programming, electrical measurement and instrumentation, electrical machine maintenance, automobile engine molding, accurate use of hydraulic press, machine processing, operation of computer numerical control machines are skills for building a productive 21st century society in River State . It was recommended among others that universities and government should provide for the programmes 21st century equipment as well train staff on the relevant areas.

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SkillProductive21st Century SocietyEconomic UncertaintyTechnical Education

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Building Skilled and Productive 21 Century Society in An Era of Economic Uncertainties through Technical Education Programmes in Rivers State

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