Collaboration Between Technical Colleges and Industries for Skills Acquisition in Motor Vehicle Mechanic Works in Edo State, Nigeria

Abstract

The study investigated strategies for improving collaboration between technical colleges and industries for skill acquisition in Motor Vehicle Mechanic Works (MVMW) in Edo State, Nigeria. Four (4) research questions were raised to guide the study and one hypothesis was formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design. The population of the study consisted 80 respondents, which comprised 53 technical teachers from five public technical colleges and 27 managers of automobile industries in Edo State. The entire population was used as the sample because it was of manageable size. The research instrument used for data collection in the study was a structured questionnaire with 18 item statements arranged in clusters. The instrument was validated by three experts in the Department of Vocational and Technical Education, Faculty of Education, University of Benin, Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria. In order to establish the stability of the instrument, Cronbach alpha coefficient formula was used. The test yielded an overall coefficient of 0.85. The findings of the study revealed that there was no adequate collaboration between technical colleges and industries for skill acquisition in motor vehicle mechanic works in Edo State. Based on the findings, it was recommended that industries should collaborate with technical colleges by training and re-training technical teachers, providing modern teaching and learning facilities and granting permission for students to use its facilities during students’ industrial work experience scheme.