Abstract: The study assesses the perception of vocational lecturers on Inclusion of entrepreneurship education specialization (EES) into NCE Programme in North Central Geo-Political Zone, Nigerian. Four specific objectives were outlined; four research questions were raised for the study. Descriptive survey research was used as the research design; the population of the study consists of Lecturers in School of Vocational and Technical Education, Colleges of Education in with population size of three hundred and ninety-six (396). A simple random sampling technique was used to draw the sample size of two hundred and sixty-four (264) at 5% for the study. Self Structure questionnaire on a modify four-point rating scale was developed for data collection. The questionnaire was validated by experts in school of vocation and technical education in COE Minna and FCT Zuba. Reliability and validity of the instrument was established through pilot study. The researchers with the help of four trained research assistants administered the instrument. 396 questionnaires were administered but 220 were returned. Data collected was presented in table and analyzed using statistical package IBM version 20. It was used to determine the frequencies and percentages of demographic variable and answer four research questions. Findings of the study revealed that catering craft practice, garment making, textile trade, tie and dye, cosmetology, keyboarding, shorthand, data processing, marketing, salesmanship, animal husbandry, fisheries, photography, printing craft practice, pottery, auto body repair and spraying, auto electrical work, auto mechanical work, furniture making, plumbing and pipe fitting, welding and fabrication, block and concrete work, were identify as professional specialized courses for teachers training programme in Nigeria which can bring innovation into process of producing entrepreneurship educators in different areas of vocational and technical education. . Base on the findings of the study it was recommended that policy makers should enact laws for inclusion and implementation of EES in colleges of education in Nigeria; TETFund should make fund available for structural facilities such as classroom, laboratory and incubation Centre for take off of EES in the colleges of education; and TETFund should provide fund for entrepreneurship education capacity building training of the staff at both national and international level.
Title: Innovation and Transformation of Vocational Teacher Education: A Study of Inclusion of Entrepreneurship Education Specialization into NCE Programme in North Central Geo-Political Zone, Nigerian
Author: Dr JOSHUA JIYA NDAKOTSU, SHEHU, JOKE IYABO, AMRAM JULIANA
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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