ASSESSMENT OF SKILLS REQUIRED BY GRADUATES OF RADIO, TELEVISION AND ELECTRONIC WORK TRADE IN TECHNICAL COLLEGES FOR SELF-EMPLOYMENT IN NORTH-EAST, NIGERIA.

Abstract

The study identified Practical Skills required for integration into Radio, Television and Electronic Works trade for self-employment of graduates in North Eastern Nigeria. A survey research design was adopted for the study. Three research questions and one hypothesis were formulated to guide the study. The population for the study was 190 made up of 140 students and 50 work based supervisors. Stratified random sampling technique was used to sample students. While the whole work based supervisors personnel were used for the study. A 114 structured questionnaire item was used for collecting data from the respondents. The instrument was validated by five experts. Split- half technique was used to determine the reliability of the instrument, which yielded a coefficient of 0.85. The data of the study was analysed using mean, to answer the research questions and Z-test to test the hypothesis at 0.05level of significance. The findings showed that the item content in research questions 1-3 were required by the graduates for self-employment in North-Eastern Nigeria. It was therefore recommended by the study that the whole content area and practical skills identified be integrated into Radio, Television, and Electronic works Trade program.