GOVERNMENT RESPONSIVENESS AND PARTNERSHIP IN E-LEARNING FOR TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING (TVET) PROGRAMMES IN NIGERIA

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to assessgovernment responsiveness and partnership in e-learning for TVET programmes in Nigeria. A descriptive survey research design was used to conduct the study. The population for the study consisted of 49 staff in Technology and Science Education Department and Tertiary Education Department of Federal Ministry of Education that are directly involved in TVET programmes.  A structured questionnaire consisting of 24 items was used to elicit information from the respondents on a five-point Scale.  The internal consistency of the Instrument was computed using Cronbach Alpha (a) reliability formula and it yielded a value of 0.87.  The research question was answered using mean and standard deviation while the null hypothesis was tested using t-test at 0.05 level of significance.  It was found that out of the 24 items, Government was somewhat responsive to 15 and irresponsive to nine.  It was also found that there was no significant difference between the mean responses of staff of the two departments on all items except one.  The overall cluster t-value of -.54 with a degree of freedom of 47 and a critical value of 0.59 was also not significant.The null hypothesis which stated that there is no significant difference in the mean rating of Management Staff in Technology and Science Education department and Staff of Tertiary Education (Vocational Technical Education Branch) on the level of government responsiveness and partnership in e-learning for TVET Programmes in Nigeria was not rejected. It was recommended among others that Government should ensure that more emphasis is placed on Public/Private Partnership for sustaining TVET programmes in Nigeria for national development and there should be more collaboration between the private sector on the provision of e-learning infrastructure in TVET programmes.