Development of Software System for Hardware Maintenance Apprenticeship in Uyo Metropolis

Abstract

The study was Development of Software System for Hardware Maintenance Apprenticeship in Uyo Metropolis. The purpose of the study was to design and determine the perception of hardware maintenance technician on the efficiency of the developed software system for hardware maintenance apprenticeship on Motherboard, keyboard, monitor, Power Pack, and Hard disk. The descriptive survey design was used for the study, waterfall software design model was adopted for the development process. Visual Basic code was use as programming language, MS Access for database and window operating system.  In order to achieve the objectives, five research questions with corresponding null hypotheses were raised to provide direction for the study. The researcher developed instrument tagged: hardware software system for hardware maintenance Questionnaire that was used for data collection. The population of the study consisted 280 Technicians drawn from computer maintenance shops in Uyo metropolis. A sample size of 162 respondents consisting of technicians and apprentice were selected using a simple random technique. Means and standard Deviation were used to answer the research question while T-test Analysis was used to test the Null Hypotheses at 0.5 level of significance using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS).The findings of the study showed that The perceptions of maintenance technician on the efficiency on the developed software system for hardware maintenance apprenticeship on motherboard, keyboard, monitor, power pack and hard disk were very high. It was recommended that the developed software system should be integrated into school curriculum for Universities and Training Centers. Workshops should be organized by skill acquisition agencies for the use of the software system to enhance skill development.