Abstract
The need for post-graduate students to complete their programmes within the stipulated time necessitated this study. Thus, the study examined students’ related determinants of post-graduate studies completion time in vocational and technical education programmes in South-South Nigerian Universities. A research question guided the study and two null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. Descriptive survey research design was employed for the study. The population consisted of 204 post graduates of vocational and technical education programmes in South-South Nigerian Universities. The population constituted the sample size since it was not too large. The instrument for data collection was a structured questionnaire titled Determinants of Post-Graduate Studies Completion Time Questionnaire (DPGSCTQ). The instrument was validated by three experts. To determine the reliability of the instrument, Cronbach Alphawas used to check the internal consistency and thus, the reliability coefficient of 0.78 was obtained. The data collected for the study were analyzed using descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviation to answer the research questions. The t-test and ANOVA were used to test the null hypotheses. Findings of the study revealed that students’ related factors such as demography, research orientation, study habit, among others, contribute to a great extent to the completion time of the students in the post-graduate programmes. It was recommended among others that post-graduate students should show commitment in their studies; avoid procrastination and poor study habits in order to make their time count in the programmes.
Highlights
Higher education is the cornerstone of national development both in developed and developing nations of the world
The results revealed that the respondents rated all the aspects of students’-related factors as determinants of post-graduate studies completion time in vocational and technical education programmes
Findings from hypothesis two revealed that there was a significant difference in the mean ratings of the respondents on how students’ related factors determine post-graduate studies completion time in vocational and technical education programmes in south-south Nigerian universities based on discipline (Technical Education, Business Education, Agricultural Education and Home Economics Education)
Summary
Higher education is the cornerstone of national development both in developed and developing nations of the world. It is the key to the realization of individual and societal aspirations It equips people with knowledge, skills, attitudes and values, and provides competencies necessary for the performance of social and economic roles. In view of the above, the goals of tertiary education according to Federal Republic of Nigeria [1] shall be to: 1) contribute to national development through high level relevant manpower training; 2) develop and inculcate proper values for the survival of the individual and society; 3) develop the intellectual capability of individuals to understand and appreciate their local and external environment; 4) inculcate intellectual and physical skills which will enable individuals tobe self-reliant and useful members of the society; 5) promote and encourage scholarshipand community service; 6) forge and cement national unity and promote national and international understanding and interaction...(p: 28). Spurred by the roles which higher education is currently playing in national development and survival, the government has placed high premium on the development of universities in
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