REINFORCING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN TECHNICAL VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING (TVET): IMPERATIVE FOR EFFECTIVE RESPONSE TOWARDS COVID-19 CRISIS

Abstract

This study focused on reinforcing science and technology in Technical vocational Education and Training (TVET) of federal university in Enugu State Nigeria. Two research questions and one hypothesis guided the study. The study made use of survey research design and was carried out in Enugu State, Nigeria. The population was 89 TVET lecturers which comprises of 46 men and 43 female TVET lecturers of (2019/2020) academic session) from the federal university in Enugu State. The only federal University in Enugu State is the University of Nigeria Nsukka. There was no sampling since the population is of manageable size. Structured Questionnaire was used as the instrument for data collection. The instrument was validated by three experts. Cronbach Alpha reliability method was used and an overall reliability coefficient of .85 was obtained. The data was collected by the researchers. Out of 89 copies of the questionnaire administered, only 85 copies were retrieved giving a 96% return rate. Data generated were analysed using mean, standard deviation and t-test. The study found out among other things that there is urgent need for reinforcement of science and technology especially in Technical vocational Education and Training (TVET) for effective response toward Covid-19 crisis and its kind in Nigeria and the world at large. The paper recommended among other things that TVET stakeholders should collectively join hands in reinforcing science and technology in TVET in federal university in Enugu state for effective mitigation and management of covid-19 crisis in Nigeria.