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VOL. 10, ISSUE 7 (2023)
Skills competency among electrical/electronic technology undergraduate students in tertiary institutions in Kano state
Authors
Habibat Lawal, Ali Idris, Sule Hussaini Jido, Jamilu Saleh, Nura Abdulaziz
Abstract
Electrical and Electronic Technology Education is an aspect of Technical
Education offered in tertiary institutions in order to produce Electrical
teachers and technologist. For the program to be successful, the students need
to be competent in Electrical installation and repairs. The paper assessed the
skills competency among the Electrical/Electronic Technology Education
undergraduate students in tertiary institutions in Kano state. Two research
questions and two hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The study has
population of 103 Electrical/electronic Technology final year undergraduate
students chosen from three tertiary institutions running Electrical Electronics
Technology Education. The population is manageable, therefore no sampling
technics was adopted. One hundred and three (103) copies of questionnaires were
administered to the respondents and 96 copies were returned which represent a
return rate of 93%. The reliability coefficient of 0.77 were obtained. The
instrument were administered by the researcher and assisted by research
assistants. The data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation
to answer the research questions. The hypotheses were tested using t-test at
0.05 level of significance. The results revealed that undergraduate students
of Electrical and Electronic Technology Education in university and affiliated
program in college of education in Kano state are competent in terms of
Electrical installation skills both in Domestic and Industrial Electrical
Installations. It was concluded that the philosophy of introducing Electrical Electronics
Technology education to reduce the rate of unemployment among the undergraduates
of tertiary institutions in Kano state is achieved if the students continue to
graduate with required practical skills competency in domestic and industrial Electrical
installation. Finally the study recommends that electrical installation and
maintenance work trade lectures should be encouraged by their institutions and
other relevant stakeholders to acquire modern technical competencies in
domestic and industrial installation and also should keep exposing their
students to more practical skills in domestic and industrial installation for
job employment after school.
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Pages:20-25
How to cite this article:
Habibat Lawal, Ali Idris, Sule Hussaini Jido, Jamilu Saleh, Nura Abdulaziz "Skills competency among electrical/electronic technology undergraduate students in tertiary institutions in Kano state". International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Development, Vol 10, Issue 7, 2023, Pages 20-25
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