SCALING-UP EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTIONS IN TECHNICAL VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING (TVET) FOR SUSTAINABLE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH BUSINESS AND AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to determine educational interventions for scaling up Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) for sustainable national development through Business and Agricultural Education. To guide the study, two specific objectives, two research questions and two null hypotheses were formulated. The study employed descriptive survey research design. The target population of the study was 60 Postgraduate students comprising 25 males and 35 females of the Departments of Agricultural Education and Business Education in the University of Uyo. This study purposively used of the whole population, hence there was no sampling. A 12-item questionnaire titled, “Educational Interventions in TVET for sustainable National Development (EDITSUND”) was developed by the researchers and used for data collection. The questionnaire was validated by three experts. A split half reliability method was used which yielded a coefficient of 0. 79 when analyzed with cronbach alpha statistic. The data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation for answering the research questions while t-test statistical tool was used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Findings of the study, among others, revealed that there was significant influence of educational interventions in TVET on sustainable national development through Business and Agricultural Education. It was recommended, among others, that government should fund TVET programmes to ensure acquisition of state of the art equipment and materials for TVET institutions of learning.