EDUCATION AND TECHNICAL MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS. A CASE STUDY OF THE INDUSTRIAL TRAINING FUND IN BAYELSA STATE.
Keywords:
Education, Technical Manpower Development, Tertiary Institutions, Industrial Training Fund.Abstract
The need for continual production and replacement of industrial and technological manpower development cannot be undermined, since it will enhance the sustainable industrial and technological advancement and security for national growth and development. One important indispensable programme that can produce demand driven for sustainable industrial and technological advancement
and national development is SIWES. The study examines Education and Technical manpower development in Tertiary Institutions. A case study: the industrial training fund in Bayelsa State. A descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The study was guided by (3) research objectives and (3) research questions. The population of the study comprises of two studies in related discipline
and institution in Bayelsa State. The sample size consist of 97 students from the Niger Delta University, Amassoma Bayelsa State, Federal University Otuoke, Bayelsa State and Isaac Jasper Boro College of Education, Sagbama, Bayelsa State, who were randomly selected and had previously participated in the SIWES programme. And 18 item questionnaire was used to collect data. The questionnaires was validated and out of 100, 97 were returned. The data collected was analysed using percentages, findings were made based on the research questions and recommendations were given so as to make the government improve in the implementation and funding of the scheme for a better training of manpower development in Bayelsa State.
