An Assessment of Students’ Interest in choosing Technical Programmes among First Cycle Institutions in the Eastern Region of Ghana

Solomon King Akorli,Adu Gyamfi Timothy

doi:10.47127/ijtmr.v6i1.112

Abstract

Technical and Vocational Education is imperative when considering the human resource development of a country. The challenges facing Technical and Vocational Education in the Eastern Region is the consistent diminution of students opting to pursue Technical and Vocational courses at the Secondary level of education. The study seeks to assess student’s low interest in choosing Technical programme at the Second Cycle Institutions in the Eastern Region of Ghana. The sampling technique used was stratified and simple random sampling. The research was a cross–sectional studies and field questionnaire survey was used to collect information for the study. Data was collected from one thousand, one-hundred and six (1,106) respondents. Data were analyzed using frequency, charts and other relative important Indexes. It was found out that students ‘have low interest in technical courses due to societal stigmatization against the programme. The concept of Vocationalization must be re–visited at the Basic levels of the educational system. Citation: Akorli, S. K. and Gyamfi, T. A. (2021). An Assessment of Students’ Interest in choosing Technical Programmes among First Cycle Institutions in the Eastern Region of Ghana. International Journal of Technology and Management. Research. Vol. 6, Issue 1: 1－13.Received: April 15, 2020Accepted: March 30, 2021

Highlights

1.1 Background In the world today, education has assumed a pivotal role in the developmental front of every nation
The same Author posited that, to place enrollment in TVE in a correct perspective, it is prudent to start with an overview of enrollment in formal education establishments which lay the basis for formal Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) provision in Ghana
The beginning of formal TVET happens after basic education, that is, after the completion of Junior High School

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Introduction

1.1 Background In the world today, education has assumed a pivotal role in the developmental front of every nation. The role of education in facilitating environmental, economic and societal improvement has long been globally recognized and many nations acknowledging the very essence of education and its numerous impacts on human society (Sherry et al, 2013). According to Ali (2015) Technical and Vocational Education (TVE) is imperative when considering the human resource development of a country. Considering the overwhelming importance of Technical and Vocational Education, Ghana has carved policy initiatives to promote technical education in the country (Ali, 2015). Significant technical education is captured in the curriculum at the Junior High School level, there is lack of vocational and technical teachers for JHS, this phenomenon has forced authorities to persuade mathematics teachers to enroll for two-week orientation courses for them to able to teach pre-vocational and pre-technical skills (Akyeampong, 2005)

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