EVALUATION OF FEMALE ENROLLMENT IN TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING (TVET) IN TECHNICAL COLLEGES IN OGUN STATE NIGERIA

Okafor, J. C. and Adepoju, A.B. (2019) EVALUATION OF FEMALE ENROLLMENT IN TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING (TVET) IN TECHNICAL COLLEGES IN OGUN STATE NIGERIA. In: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 40TH CAPA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, ABUJA, 2019, Abuja, Nigeria.

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Abstract

Women constitute a pool of talent for technical and vocational education and training (TVET) but so many factors do steer them towards other training. Identification and addressing these factors will help in fast-tracking socio-economic development in African countries. Female enrollment in Technical Colleges in Ogun state was assessed using multistage sampling technique. A sample of one hundred and forty five respondents comprising of female student and teachers, heads of units and principals of six technical and vocational colleges in Ogun state. A semi-structured questionnaire was used to obtain information on student’s enrollment in the last five years, gender enrollment disparity, and factors affecting female participation in TVET. Data collected were subjected to both descriptive statistics and inferential statistics using spss version 20.0. Students’ performance in Junior School Certificate examination (44%) was the major consideration in student enrollment while 92% affirmed no special consideration for male over female students during admission. A wide gap was observed between male and female enrollment in almost all the craft. Parental factor was identified to be the major factor affecting female enrollment in TVET with a mean score (14.73±3.56), followed by governmental factors (14.19±3.95), societal factors (13.85±3.84) and school factors (12.49±3.82) and significant difference (p< 0.005) was observed between all the factors studied. Female enrollment in TVET in Ogun state is very low and was found to be due to parental influence. Enlightenment targeted at correcting the parental perception and influence towards female enrollment in TVET is recommended.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Subjects:	Q Science > Q Science (General)
Divisions:	Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Chemistry
Depositing User:	Mr Taiwo Egbeyemi
Date Deposited:	03 Jun 2020 20:08
Last Modified:	03 Jun 2020 20:08
URI:	http://eprints.federalpolyilaro.edu.ng/id/eprint/362

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