REBRANDING TVET FOR EFFECTIVE SERVICE DELIVERY TOWARDS NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH INFORMATION COMMUNICATION AND TECHNOLOGY

Abstract

The significance of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) as a change agent for national improvement has been a topic of discussion at summits, scholarly gatherings and policy circles in Nigeria and other developing countries. However, the aim of TVET is yet to be achieved in the developing nations, probably due to the numerous challenges facing the project. There is a research need to determine measures of rebranding TVET towards effective delivery in Nigeria. Therefore, this paper was designed to determine the level of impact of the use of Information Communication Technology (ICT) tools on the rebranding process of office technology and management, and building technology education delivery for the attainment of best practice towards national development. It was planned to determine ways ICT promotes best practice in office technology and management, and building technology education delivery. Research information were gotten from questionnaire survey that seeks the views of 210 respondents. The information were analysed using the relative contribution index. The findings indicate that smart phone, mobile technologies, internet, computer, podcast, teleconferencing device, ipad and intranet are ICT tools that have very high positive impacts on office technology and management, and building technology education delivery. Enabling benchmarking practice, promoting the use of project network, enhancing the use of Computer Aided Design and Drafting (CADD) and supervision exercise are the most significant ways ICT promotes best practice in office technology and management, and building technology education delivery. It is recommended that further research be conducted on the development of ICT-based best practice framework in TVET delivery for national development in Nigeria.