Vocational and Technical Education Journal

The study investigated undermining factors and strategies for strengthening Technical and Vocational Education (TVE) policy implementation at colleges of education using South-South Nigeria as case study. Three research questions were answered while three null hypotheses were tested by the study. The study adopted descriptive survey research design. The study was carried out in Bayelsa and Delta States. The population of the study comprised 380 TVE educators from the five colleges of education sampled from the two states. Through simple random technique 226 TVE educators constituted the sample for the study. The instrument for data collection was a 31-item structured close-ended questionnaire. The reliability of the instrument was ascertained using Cronbach Alpha reliability technique which yielded a coefficient of 0.834. Data for the study were collected by the researcher with the help of seven research assistants. Out of the 226 copies of the questionnaire administered for the study, 200 copies were duly filled and retrieved representing 88.5% return rate. Data collected were analyzed using mean for answering the research questions while t-test was employed in testing the hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. The result of the study identified 15 undermining factors against successful TVE policy implementation, 6 impact of ineffective TVE policy implementation and 10 strategies for strengthening TVE policy implementation at colleges of education in South-South Nigeria. Based on the findings, the study among others recommended that there should be adequate monitoring of technical and vocational education policy implementation and there should be effective and continuous capacity building and in-service training of key actors in technical and vocational education policies implementation for effectiveness.

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