BUSINESS ENTERPRISE SKILLS REQUIRED FOR WORK FORCE DEVELOPMENT BY ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY STUDENTS IN MINNA, NIGER STATE

Abstract

The study assessed business enterprise skill required for work force development by electrical and electronic technology students in Minna, Niger State. Three research questions and three null hypotheses were answered and tested respectively at 0.05 level of significance. Related literature were reviewed. The study adopted descriptive survey research design. The targeted population for this study consisted of the Electrical and Electronic Technologist and students in Minna metropolis. Area sampling technique was used to select 100 students from the Department of Industrial and Technology Education Department and 200 electrical/electronic technologist in Minna. A structured questionnaire was developed by the researcher and used for data collection, the instrument was face validated and pilot tested before it was used for data collection. Cronbach Alpha reliability method was used to determine the internal consistency of the items and a reliability coefficient of 0.76 was obtained. Data collected was analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 23 and t-test was used for analysis. The result revealed that all the items with the mean range from 3.00-3.43 agreed on the creative and innovation skills required for work force development in electrical and electronic business based on the decision. The result revealed that all the items agreed with the mean range from 2.56-3.39 on the work related disposition and attitude skills required for work force development in electrical and electronic business based on the decision. Based on these findings it was recommended that electrical and electronic graduates should be trained on how to use various techniques for creating and evolving new ideas. It was also recommended that the graduates should understand the necessary work related disposition and attitude in every organization so to perform better