Competencies Required by Technical Drawing Teachers in Technical Colleges

Abstract

The study was motivated by a great concern about the future and continuity of Technical Drawing in all tiers of society and our education system particularly in technical colleges. The concern stemmed from poor performance, low and declining skill practice in performance and in NABTEB Examination. Pertinent questions and doubts were raised on the required competencies of Technical Drawing Teachers currently teaching Technical Drawing in technical colleges. The study is therefore on competencies required by Technical Drawing Teachers in Technical colleges using Bauchi and Gombe States of Nigeria as a frame of reference. Three objectives were stated, research questions asked, and hypotheses formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. A questionnaire consisting of 54 items was structured and administered to 47 Technical Drawing Teachers in Bauchi and Gombe states. Data collected were analyzed using the Mean and t-test statistics. The study has implication for retraining, in-service training for Technical Drawing teachers and therefore recommendations involving continuous training of teachers on regular basis through workshops, seminars were made towards the implementation of the finding of the study.