Assessment of Work-Based Skills Possessed by Technical College Students for Effective Performance in Industries in Ogun State
The study assessed the work-based skills possessed by technical college students for effective performance in the Industry. Four research questions guided the study. A survey research design was adopted for the study. The population for the study comprised of all the 127 Year Three technical college students of building/woodwork trades, metalwork/automobile trades and electrical/electronics trades, from eight technical colleges in Ogun State. A structured questionnaire consisting of 52 items developed by the ERASMUS + programme was used for data collection. Two experts from the Department of Industrial Technical Education, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, and one expert from the Lafarge WAPCO Industry face validated the instrument. The reliability coefficient of the instrument was 0.86. Data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation for the research questions, while t-test was used to answer the hypotheses. It was found from the study that some work-based skills in manufacturing, marketing, management, quality and safety were not possessed by technical college students. It was recommended that these skills should be incorporated into technical college curriculum to enable students to perform effectively in the industries.
Keywords: assessment, college, effective, industries, ogun, performance, possessed, skills, state, students, technical, work-based