Abstract

The study determined the role of technical education for sustainable national development in Nigeria. The study was guided by two research questions and two null hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significant. Descriptive survey design was employed for the study. The population of the study comprised 464 teachers and mechanical craft trades students in Government Science and Technical College Yola, Numan and Mubi in Adamawa State. Simple random technique was used to withdraw 105 teachers and 178 Nigerian Technical College (NTC) II students of mechanical craft trade. Structured questionnaire was used to collect data for the study. Two experts validated the instrument and was subject to reliability test and the reliability coefficient of 0.73 was obtained. The instrument was administrated and collects by the researcher and the research assistants. Mean of each questionnaire item was analyzed with the aid of Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS). The findings among other revealed that technical education sustains national development in Nigeria. It also revealed that there is significant difference between the responses of teachers and students on the means through which technical education promotes national development in Nigeria. The study concluded that technical education has significant contribution in the promotion and sustainability of national development. Based on the founding’s of the study, the study recommended among others that government should adequate found technical programmers in schools and colleges.

Keywords

Technical Education, Sustainable and National Development