Enhancing Instructional Delivery in Nigerian Technological Institutions Through the Use of Solar Powered Printing Plate Burner

Abstract

The problem of erratic power supply and load shedding of electricity has become a major obstacle preventing educational, industrial and economic development in Nigeria. Despite published efforts of previous and present government to eradicate the scourge, it has refused to go into extinction instead new dimension to the problem keeps unfolding. Consequently, different sectors of the economy that depends on electricity as a source of power supply are either going underground or operating below capacity. The educational sector is not spared from this epidemic; instructional delivery is adversely affected as training equipment that needs electricity to power their electrical motors can only perform below expectation. There is need to think out of the box; joining the global trend to adapt to cleaner and renewable energy. This study examined the use of solar powered printing plate burner in training students of visual art departments in Nigerian tertiary institutions as a means of enhancing instructional delivery. With the tremendous improvement enjoyed as a result of powering printing plate burner with solar energy during training, it was recommended that other training equipment should be fabricated or manufactured to be solar compliant. Keywords: Solar energy, Training equipment, Instructional delivery. DOI: 10.7176/JNSR/11-22-03 Publication date: November 30 th 2020