ASSESSMENT OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES OFFERED TO SPECIAL NEEDS LEARNERS IN VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION CENTRES IN SOUTH WEST OF NIGERIA.

📄 Project Abstract

The major purpose of the study was to assess the skill development programmes in woodwork and building trades offered to special needs learners in vocational rehabilitation centre in South West of Nigeria. The study employed a survey research design. The population of the study consisted of 216 respondents made of 131 woodwork and 85 building teachers, teaching woodwork and building trades in 12 vocational rehabilitation centre. Six research questions were answered and five null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. Mean standard deviation and percentages were employed to answer the research questions; t-test was used to test the null hypotheses. A questionnaire containing 162 items was designed and used for data collection. A five point rating scale was used for the purpose of collecting data for the study. The instrument was subjected to face validation by three lecturers from Department of Vocational Teacher Education, University of Nigeria, Nsukka and two directors ...