标题：Challenges Facing Graduates Of Engineering and Engineering Related Trades in Practical Skills Acquisition in Universities in North East, Nigeria for Sustainable Livelihood
期刊名称：International Journal of Advances in Engineering and Management
电子版ISSN：2395-5252
出版年度：2021
卷号：3
期号：10
页码：759-763
DOI：10.35629/5252-0310546553
语种：English
出版社：IJAEM JOURNAL
摘要：Scholars and professionals committed to fostering sustainable development have urged a re-examination of the curriculum and the restructuring of research in engineering-focused institutions of higher learning. The focus is on engineering and engineering related trades, more than on the natural and physical sciences or on social science, because the activities that drive the industrial state are generally rooted in engineering. Moreover, engineers are known as ‘problem solvers’ and if economies are becoming unsustainable because of engineering, it is natural to ask whether engineering as an activity and as a profession can be re-directed toward achieving sustainable transformations. This paper addresses the challenges facing Graduates of Engineering and Engineering Related Trades in Practical Skills Acquisition in Universities in North East, Nigeria for Sustainable Livelihood with focus on the effective preparation of students, extent to which teachers’ qualifications and quality of teaching, extent to which challenges affected performances of students and how relevant to the world of work is the training received by students. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design using a questionnaire as the main instrument used for the collection of data. Two similar sets of questionnaires containing a 20 items were designed for the two main groups of respondents,-: the teachers and the students. Another questionnaire was specifically designed for graduates of engineering and engineering relates trade graduates from the universities in the study area which were contact at their various addresses after graduation. The instrument was trial tested on 32 respondents made up of students and teachers selected randomly from Bayero University Kano. These respondents were not part of the actual sample of the study. The internal consistency reliability coefficient of the questionnaire assessed produced a satisfactory value of 0.75 using cronbach alpha formula. The data gathered were organized using descriptive statistical analysis. Percentage and arithmetic mean were used to answer the research questions while the decision point stood at 2.50. The implication was that a mean value ≥ 3.50 was considered as ‘agree’ and values below 3.5 as ’disagree’. The results revealed among others that: (1) There is generally inadequacy in the provision of instructional materials which leads to focusing more on theoretical teaching leading to trainees lacking proficiency in their chosen fields of specialization. (2) Large class sizes do not match with inadequate supply and provision of training resources and (3) Industrial attachment is not given the deserved priority.
