Evaluation of the Performance of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Graduates on the job Tasks of maintenance in industries in North Central States, Nigeria

Abstract

The study evaluated the Performance of Electrical and Electronics Engineering graduates in the job task of maintenance of systems in industries in North Central states of Nigeria. One research question was answered and one null hypothesis tested at 0.05 level of significance guided the study. 1 he study adopted Cross Sectional Survey research design. The population of the study consists of 957 Electrical and Electronics Engineering graduates, their supervisors and their peers. A 20- item questionnaire developed by the researcher, validated by three experts was used for data collection. The reliability coefficient of the instrument was determined through Cronbach's Alpha correlation coefficient and the result of the reliability was 0.88. Mean and standard deviation were used for answering the research question and one-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used for testing the hypothesis. The study revealed that the graduates performed good in the job tasks of maintenance of systems. The hypothesis tested was accepted. Thus, there was no significant difference in the mean ratings of the supervisors, the graduates of Electrical and Electronics Engineering and their peers on the performance of the graduates in the job tasks of Maintenance of Systems. The study concluded that the graduates performed well in industries; as such universities could continue to use the present curriculum for now. It was therefore recommended among other things that Management of Universities should consolidate and strengthen further their curriculum implementation strategies.