EVALUATION OF AUTOMOBILE TRADE INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES BASED ON NBTE STANDARDS: AVAILABILITY AND ADEQUACY FOR CURRICULUM DELIVERY IN TECHNICAL COLLEGES IN ANAMBRA STATE

Abstract

The research is geared towards evaluating the availability and adequacy of automobile trade instructional resources for curriculum delivery in technical colleges in Anambra, Nigeria. Specifically, the study provides empirical evidence on the current state of material and physical resources available and their adequacy for curriculum delivery to automobile trade students in both federal and state technical colleges in Anambra State, Nigeria. A descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The study was guided by one research question and one corresponding null hypothesis was tested. The target population was 4 technical staff consisted of 2-unit head technical teachers and 2 technicians drawn from 1 federal and 2 state technical colleges that have been officially accredited by National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) to offer Automobile trade programme in Anambra state, Nigeria. A census approach was adopted, hence no sampling procedure. The instrument for data collection was 121 items observational checklist titled “Availability and Adequacy of Instructional Resources for Automobile Trade Curriculum Delivery Questionnaire (AAIRATCDQ)” was adopted for developing the instrument. The study, specifically used National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) minimum standard benchmark is a standardized and officially approved instrument for the accreditation, therefore no further validation and reliability test were administered. Percentage was used to answer the research question while chi-square was used to test the null hypothesis at 0.05 alpha level. The finding revealed that, the instructional resources for curriculum delivery for Automobile trade students in both federal and state technical colleges were inadequately available, hence was below NBTE standard. The study concluded that adequate provision of instructional resources will improve quality of curriculum delivery in technical colleges. Based on the finding, it was recommended that Federal and State government should as a matter of urgency increase budgetary allocation towards reviving and restoring the place of technical education in Nigeria