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Journal of Educational Research and Reviews
Research Article | Published September 2019 | Volume 7, Issue 10, pp. 199-205.
 doi: https://doi.org/10.33495/jerr_v7i10.19.142

 

Appraisal of challenges encountered by undergraduate technology education students in other degree-awarding institution in North-Eastern Nigeria

 

 

 

F. N. Nnajiofor
 M. A. Auta*

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  Department of Technology and Vocational Education, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria.

 

 

 

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 Citation: Nnajiofor FN, Auta MA (2019). Appraisal of challenges encountered by undergraduate technology education students in other degree-awarding institution in North-Eastern Nigeria. J. Edu. Res. Rev. 7(10): 199-205.
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The purpose of the study is to appraise the problems often encountered by undergraduate technology education students in other degree awarding institutions in north-eastern Nigeria. Three purposes, research question and hypotheses guided the study. The study adopted descriptive survey research design. The area of the study was North-eastern Nigeria and the population of the study comprises of 154 bachelor degree students in the two degree-awarding institutions offering technology education programme - Federal Colleges of Education (Technical) in Gombe and Potiskum. The entire population was used for the study. The instrument used for data collection was a structured questionnaire. The instrument has a reliability coefficient of 0.77. One hundred and forty three copies of the instrument were administered, but only 139 were properly filled and returned. Mean was used to analyze the data to answer the research questions, while z-Test was used to analyze the data for testing the three null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Findings from the study indicate that undergraduate technology education students in other degree awarding institutions are encountering admission, instruction, and examination-related challenges. It is therefore recommended among others that Other degree awarding institutions should organize orientation exercise for their newly admitted students; NUC should ensure that only institutions with adequate facilities are granted the approval to mount degree programmes in technology education; Universities should ensure that the degree results of their affiliate institutions are considered, approved, and released as quickly as possible; Universities should ensure that the graduates of their affiliate institutions are timely mobilized for the NYSC.

 

Keywords  Challenges   technology education   degree-awarding   institutions   Nigeria 

 

 

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