Diffusion of Technological Products: The role of selected technical and vocational colleges in Nigeria

Abstract

The study aimed at determining the role played by TVET in diffusing technologically produced products in Nigeria, with an emphasis on Lagos state. Federal, State, and Private TVET located and registered in the state were adopted. Similarly, TVETs offering 100 percent related courses: agriculture, textiles, fashion, design, fabrication and welding, electrical electronics, block and brick-laying, information communication technology [ICT], energy and power generation, carpentry, printing and publishing, and building construction formed the basis for the TVET selection in the state as well. Thus, out of its two hundred and twenty (220) beginning and graduating year students and eighty (80) teachers’ population across the three TVET purposively selected in the state, one hundred and seventy-one (171) sample sized using the Taro Yamane sampling technique was arrived at. Data sourced was arrived at through the administered questionnaire and the result were analysed using the descriptive, mean-frequency and percentage on a representative Likert scale of 1-5 indicating not diffused (NS), poorly diffused (PD), moderately diffused (MD), diffused (D) and highly diffused (HD). The result showed that, on the extent of diffusion, agricultural product is scaled 5 at 4.84 mean, followed by ICT, block and brick-laying and carpentry at 3.98, 3.64 and 3.45 mean respectively. Direct sales represent the most effective channels of diffusion at 23 percent. However, among the three arms, private TVET has the highest level of diffusion of technologically produced products. ( ABS) Keywords: Innovation, Diffusion, Technology, Products, Vocational knowledge DOI: 10.7176/IKM/12-5-05 Publication date: December 30 th 2022