STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING SCHOOL-INDUSTRY COLLABORATION BETWEEN TECHNICAL COLLEGES AND INDUSTRIES FOR ENHANCING SKILLS ACQUISITION IN ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION AND MAINTAINCE WORK TRADE IN NIGER STATE

Abstract

The research was design on strategies for improving school-industry collaboration between technical colleges and industries for enhancing skill acquisition in electrical installation and maintaince trade in Niger state. Five research question were answered and five hypotheses tested at 0.05 level of significance were formulated for the study. improving schoolindustry collaboration for skill acquisition in electrical installation and maintenance work, Technical College-based activities for improving collaboration for skill acquisition in electrical installation and maintenance work, Administrative strategies for improving school-industry collaboration for skill acquisition in electrical installation and maintenance, Administrative strategies for improving school-industry collaboration for skill acquisition in electrical installation and maintenance. The literature was reviewed in line with the five research questions, and the null hypotheses were formulated to guide the study, in which several sub-headings were discussed as regard to this study. Descriptive survey research method with the use of a structured questionnaire in which sample questionnaire was formulated to solicited information from the respondents. The targeted population for this study comprises of 50 technical college teachers in 7 technical colleges and 25 factory supervisors in 5 factories or industries in minna, Niger State making it the total of 75. Data obtained was analyzed using mean, standard deviation, and t-test statistics. The study concluded the following: Based on the findings of the study, the following conclusions were drawn: students of technical colleges can only acquire skills for employment and to be self-employed after graduation when there is collaboration between industries and technical colleges and also recommended that; Industry base job skill should be included in the curriculum of technical colleges for skill acquisition. Technical teachers/instructors should visit industrial enterprises to familiarize themselves with the current technologies, sharing of facilities between technical colleges should be encouraged and Training equipment, machines, laboratories workshops, ICT library and classrooms should be provided to technical colleges by government and philanthropies in the society for effective training.