Extent And Causes of Attrition in the Informal Apprenticeship Training System in Akwa Ibom State

Udeme Stephen Udoetuk; PhD William Kennedy George

doi:10.56201/rjpst.vol.8.no6.2025.pg62.73

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Extent And Causes of Attrition in the Informal Apprenticeship Training System in Akwa Ibom State

Udeme Stephen Udoetuk, PhD William Kennedy George

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The study assessed the extent and causes of attrition in the informal apprenticeship training system in Akwa Ibom State. Three research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. The study employed the mixed method research design involving both quantitative and qualitative methods. The population of the study consisted of 1,403 respondents, comprising 237 master craftsmen and their trainee apprentices (1,132) as well as 34 experts in Vocational Technical Education in tertiary institutions across Akwa Ibom State. The sample size of the study was 302 respondents, comprising 51 master craftsmen, 241 apprentices drawn from different training centres and trades across Akwa Ibom State as well as 10 expert lecturers in Vocational Technical Education. Multi-stage sampling method was applied for selecting the sample for the study. Two sets of researchers' developed instruments were used for data collection in the study. These were interview schedule and the "Informal Apprenticeship Training System in Akwa Ibom State Questionnaire". The interview schedule was used for the non-literate master craftsmen while the “Informal Apprenticeship Training System in Akwa Ibom State Questionnaire was designed for the literate master craftsmen and apprentices. The instruments were face validated by three experts in Vocational Technical Education from the University of Uyo, Uyo. The reliability coefficients of the "Informal Apprenticeship Training System in Akwa Ibom State Questionnaires” was 0.88 established using cronbach alpha method. The researchers administered the instrument directly to the respondents with the aid of five research assistants to help cover the study area effectively. Provision was made for guided responses, as some of the respondents were not literate enough to respond appropriately to the items of the questionnaire. The data collected was analyzed using mean and standard deviation to answer the research questions, whi

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Extent And Causes of Attrition in the Informal Apprenticeship Training System in Akwa Ibom State

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