DEVELOPMENT OF APPROPRIATE CONTENTS FOR WIDENING OCCUPATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES OF ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY GRADUATES IN AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT TO COPE WITH WORLD OF CHANGE

The study developed appropriate competencies accompanied with instructional strategies and training facilities for widening the occupational opportunities of electrical/electronic technology graduates of Nigerian universities to cope with a world of change. Three research questions guided the study while null hypotheses formulated were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study adopted descriptive research design and was carried out in Enugu State. The population for the study was 109 subjects comprising lecturers of electrical/electronic technology and supervisors in electrical/electronic related industries. There was no sampling because of manageable size of the subjects. A structured questionnaire titled “Appropriate contents for widening occupational opportunities questionnaire” was used as instrument for data collection. The instrument was validated by three experts and Cronbach alpha reliability method was used to determine the internal consistency of the questionnaire items while 0.84 was obtained. Out of 109 copies of questionnaire administered on respondents with the help of three research assistants, only 101 copies were duly retrieved which represented 92.66 percent return rate. The data collected were analyzed using factor analysis and mean while t-test was used to test the three null hypotheses formulated. The findings revealed that the 47 contents, 58 instructional strategies and 45 training facilities are acceptable and viable measures for widening occupational opportunities of electrical/electronic technology graduates in African environment. Recommendations include that the competencies developed with instructional strategies and training facilities identified should be integrated to electrical/electronic technology programmes of Nigerian universities.