Employment and Income Generation Through Apprenticeship Training: A Case Study of Carpentry Trade in Minna Metropolis

Abstract

Although apprenticeship has been practiced for countries, it is just recently that it has become a focal area of study by researchers. This increase attention has been attributed to its roles in promoting economic growth through employment and income generation. This paper is to examine the role of apprenticeship training in income and employment generation in Minna, using carpentry trade as a case study. Data from questionnaire that were administered to fifty (50) randomly selected carpentry traders in Minna were analyzed using Chi-square (χ2) statistical techniques. The proposed hypotheses were tested and the showed a positive relationship between apprenticeship training and income generation on one hand, and apprenticeship training and employment provision on the other hand. Based on the findings, the study recommends that strategies such as apprentices saving money while on training and government assistance should be encourage to enable them generate start-up capital on completion of the program.