Rehabilitation of Boko Haram Prison Inmates through Technical and Vocational Training Skills Acquisition Programmes in Northeast, Nigeria

Abstract

The study focused on the rehabilitation of Boko-haram prison inmates’ through Technical and Vocational Training Skills Acquisition (TVTSA) programmes in North East, Nigeria. The study adopted descriptive survey research design. Three research questions guided the study where Three null hypotheses formulated were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The population of the study was 317 prison comprising 250 males and 67 females. The sample size for the study was 356. Taro Yamane formula was used to determine the sample size. The instrument for data collection was structured questionnaire titled; rehabilitation of Boko-haram prison inmates through vocational skills acquisition programmes questionnaire (RBPITVSAPQ), The questionnaire was validated by three expects in the Department of Industrial Technical Education, University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Cronbach alpha reliability method was used to estimate the reliability which stood at 0.89. The data collected were analyzed using Mean and Standard Deviation while t-test was used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Mean of 2.50 was used as a bench mark for accepting or rejecting items. Therefore, items with a mean of 2.50 and above were considered agreed; while items with mean of 2.49 and below were considered disagreed. The finding of the study revealed that Boko-haram prison inmates participate to the high extent in the TVTSA programmes for their rehabilitation. Boko-haram prison inmates through TVTSA programmes enhanced the social well-being and as well the economic well-being of the inmates to a high extent. Challenges that affected the rehabilitation of Boko-haram prison inmates through TVTSA programmes in North East States include: inadequate government agencies support, inadequate support from non-governmental organization (NGOs), inadequate vocationally trained personnel to train the Boko-haram prison inmates in various vocations, inadequate modern and well-equipped vocational training workshops. The study Recommended strategies for improving rehabilitation of inmates through TVTSA programmes: provision of more governmental supports and non-governmental agencies and recruitment of more vocationally trained personnel for effective rehabilitation of prison inmates in the prison among others.