Abstract:
The need for Vocational Education as a result of advancing technology development
worldwide has prompted many nations to re-examine their education curricular
(Ginner, 1996). Ghana is no exception in this global phenomenon hence the
introduction of the Educational Reforms programme with emphasis on vocational and
technical education into Ghanaian school curriculum. Since 1987, education in Ghana
has had series of setbacks because of lack of proper planning and the inability of
Vocational Education to relate properly with the economy. For a nation to become fully
developed it must make good use of science and technology. Qualitative research
design approach was adopted for the study. The researcher used different methods to
gather data for the research work. Questionnaires, interviews, observation and
document analysis were carried out in order to make the work successful and its content
reliable and valid. The investigation focused on relative importance of vocational
education development to what extent graduates find job to support economic growth.
The major results of the study indicated that students performance in vocational schools
were appreciable. The outcome of the study was that, few of the respondents especially
students bought their own materials which were used for their practical work. It was
also revealed that, machinery were not adequate and even those available needed proper
maintenance in all departments of the National Vocational Training Institutes at Biriwa
and Assin Fosu. The researcher realised that, great effort has been made towards the
industrial attachment and it was helping to shape the students a lot in terms of practical
work. Even though the nation has benefited from vocational education, the impact is
not so great and that the government needs to do more by putting in place special funds
that will cater for vocational education. Industries should be made to plough back some
of the profits to develop vocational education.
Description:
A Dissertation Submitted to the Department of FASHION AND TEXTILES
DESIGN, Faculty of VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, School of Research and
Graduate Studies, University of Education, Winneba in Partial Fulfilment of the
Requirements for the award of Master of Technology Education
(Fashion and Textiles) Degree