Innovations into industrial technology programmes of Nigerian Universities for effective application of mobile communication technologies and quality assurance of graduates

Abstract

<p>The study innovated the industrial technology programmes of Nigerian universities for effective application of mobile<br />communication technologies and quality assurance of graduates. Five research questions guided the study while three null<br />hypotheses formulated were tested at .05 level of significance. The study made use of descriptive survey design and was<br />carried out in Enugu State, Nigeria. The participants for the study were 120 comprising of 67 lecturers of<br />electrical/electronic technology and 53 technologists of industrial technical education. A 97-item questionnaire was used as<br />instrument for data collection. One hundred and eighteen copies of the questionnaire were retrieved. The data collected were<br />analyzed using mean, factor analysis, standard deviation and improvement need index (INI) to answer the four research<br />questions while analysis of variance was employed to test the hypotheses at .05 level of significance. Results revealed that<br />33 innovations for inclusion into programme of electrical/electronic technology. Furthermore, the results of the study<br />revealed that teachers need improvement in implementing the innovated contents of electrical/electronic technology aspect<br />of industrial technical education programme. Hence, there is need to package the findings of the study into training<br />programme and use it for building the capacity of teachers of electrical/electronic technology in Nigerian universities.</p>