PLANNING NETWORK CONSTRAINTS AND STAKEHOLDERS’ PARTICIPATION FOR EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF SCHOOL-BASED TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION IN DELTA STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

This research investigated planning network for effective implementation of school-based technical and vocational education in Delta state. Two research questions and two hypotheses were formulated for the study. The study adopted a descriptive survey design. The study consists of 292 respondents, which comprised of 12 administrators and 280 instructors of technical and vocational institutions in the state. A census sampling technique was used to select all the population as sample size for the study. Questionnaire was used to elicit information from the field. It was structured according to the modified four point Likert scale. The research questions were answered using mean and standard deviation, while the null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance using the z-test statistics. The reliability coefficient 0.76 and 0.81 were obtained for the two clusters. The study revealed that the constraint to adequate planning for effective implementation as thus; underfunding; citizens’ dislike for technical and vocational education and low rating of graduates of vocational institutions. The findings further showed that stakeholders’ participation in planning process was high in extent. The study showed that there is no significant difference between the mean scores of administrators and instructors on the extent of stakeholders’ participation in the planning for effective implementation of school-based technical and vocational education in Delta state. The study recommended among other things that, educational planners and administrators should ensure that the views of employers of labour and other relevant stakeholders are taken into consideration during planning of school-based technical and vocational education. The government should ensure that workshops in the technical and vocational schools are adequately equipped according to plan.