Abstract:
This Dissertation focuses on assessing the facilities in Technical school workshops in the
context of developing the country. A descriptive survey design was adopted. Three research
questions were formulated to guide the study. 30-item questionnaire was developed based on
the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) standards on Technical school
workshops, and was validated by two experts.
Data was collected from 20 administrators, 50 teachers, and 50 students randomly sampled
and stratified along cluster of engineering and construction trades programmes in Technical
schools in the Western Region. The total score was analysed by using parametric statistics
from Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) to summarize the scores.
A two-tailed t-test with a p- value of 5% (α = 0.05) level of significance was implemented to
find the significant difference between the respondents on the management of workshops in
technical schools by age and educational background, while Spearman’s correlation was also
applied to test whether there was statistical significantly differences in the mean score.
Results revealed that administrators, teachers, and students shared similar views on the
inadequacy of the facilities in Technical school workshops, majority of the respondents were
thirty-five years and above, female enrolment into technical schools very low, the facilities in
the school workshops were woefully inadequate.
Institution and Cooperate bodies must be sought for help rather than depending solely on the
government. In spite of the numerous roles play by teachers in the management of the
facilities, more is to be done, else the desire to produce competent graduates that can solve
societal problem, would come to nought, unless the implementation of the recommended
strategies in order to meet the goals of Technical Education as identified in the National
Policy on Education.
Description:
A Dissertation in the Department of MECHANICAL TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION,
Faculty of TECHNICAL EDUCATION, Submitted to the school of Graduate Studies,
University of Education, Winneba in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for Award of the
Master of Technology (Mechanical) Degree.
DECEMBER, 2014