DEVELOPMENT OF APPROPRIATE CONTENTS IN CELL PHONE MAINTENACE FOR YOUTHS EMPOWERMENT

Abstract

The study developed appropriate contents in cell phone maintenance for youth empowerment. The study was conducted in Lagos State of Nigeria. Four research questions guided the study and three null hypotheses formulated were tested at 0.05 level of significance. A survey research design was adopted for the study. The population for the study was 137 which comprised of all the 35 lecturers and 14 instructors of electrical/electronic technology, 21 supervisors in communication industries and 67 cell phone technicians in Lagos State. These were purposively sampled 67 literate road side cell phone technicians, all the 35 lecturers, 14 instructors in the polytechnics, and 21 supervisors in telecommunication industries in the study area. A structured questionnaire was used for data collection. The instrument was validated by three experts. Cronbach alpha reliability method was adopted to determine the internal consistency of the questionnaire item and 0.86 was obtained. One hundred and thirty seven copies of the questionnaire were administered. One hundred and four copies of the questionnaire were retrieved and analyzed using factor analysis while analysis of variance was used to test the hypotheses of no significant difference at 0.05 level of significance. The study found out that the competencies identified in cell phone maintenance are appropriate for youth empowerment at skill acquisition centres. It was recommended that all the competencies identified should be employed to train youths at skill acquisition centres.