STAKEHOLDERS’ PERCEPTION ON BARRIERS TO AND ENABLERS OF INNOVATIONS IN MOTOR VEHICLE MECHANIC WORK CURRICULUM IN NIGERIA

Abstract

The paper identified stakeholders’ perception on barriers to, and enablers of innovations in MVM work curriculum in Nigeria. Two research questions were raised to guide the study and two hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significant. Descriptive survey research design was used for the study. The study was conducted in Federal Capital Territory, Abuja and Kaduna State, Nigeria. The population of the stud consisted of 15 stakeholders from Technology and Science Department, Federal Ministry of Education, Abuja , Nigeria and 12 stakeholders from curriculum development department, National Board for Technical Education, Kaduna, Nigeria . The instrument f o r d a t a collection was a structured questionnaire . T h e instrument was content validated by three Industrial and Technology Education experts from Federal University of Technology, Minna. Cronbach Alpha was used to determine the reliability of the instrument and yielded .88 and .89 coefficients. The study employed the use of median test to answer the research questions and Mann Whitney U test to test the null hypotheses. Findings revealed among others that, adequacy of facilities, financial resources, time for planning the requirements of the curriculum innovation and curriculum professional support for staff are enablers for innovation in MVM work curriculum in Nigeria. The study recommended among others that, Federal Ministry of Education should create a delicate balance between the identified barriers to and enablers of innovations in MVM work curriculum.