STRATEGIES FOR FINANCING VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC RECOVERY IN NIGERIA
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2018-03-15
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NIGERIAN ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS TECHNOLOGY(NATT)
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This study was designed to determine the strategies for financing vocational and technical education for sustainable economic recovery in Nigeria. Two research questions guided the study. The entire population of fifty -two(52) respondents comprising of lecturers in universities offering vocational and technical education in Ebonyi state of Nigeria was studied. Out of the entire population only fifty(50) copies of the questionnaire returned. Data ere obtained using structured questionnaires. Cronbach alpha was used to test the reliability of the items with face and content validity. Validity was done by two vocational an technical education lecturers and one lecturer in test and measurement from Nnamdi Azikwe University Awka and a reliability coefficient of 0.79 was obtained. The data collected were analysed using mean and standard deviation. From the analysis, it was found that if Vocational and Technical Education will combat unemployment and poverty in the society as well as improve the economic performance of the country, new funding which includes engage in profit yielding venture, alumni development fund, involvement of vocational and technical education lecturers in procurement of instructional materials etc should be practice. The study recommended among others that federal government should encourage effective maintenance culture to vocational and technical equipment
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VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, TECHNICAL EDUCATION,, ECONOMICS RECOVERY, SUSTAINABILITY,