ENTREPRENEURS’ AND TEACHERS’ PERCIEVED BUILDING CONSTRUCTION STRATEGIES FOR ENHANCING EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS OF STUDENTS IN TECHNICAL COLLEGES IN ANAMBRA STATE

This study was targeted at determining entrepreneurs' and teachers' perceived building construction strategies for enhancing employability skills of students in technical colleges in Anambra State. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design. Three research questions guided the study. The population of the study was 184 respondents, comprising 70 registered building construction entrepreneurs and 114 building construction teachers in technical colleges in the State. Census sampling were used due to the population was manageable. The instrument used for data collection was 45 itemed researchers? structured questionnaire on four-point rating scale and validated by three experts. Cronbach Alpha was used to determine the reliability coefficient of the four clusters in the instrument which yielded 0.82, 0.81, 0.80 and 0.85 respectively with overall coefficient of 0.82. Mean was used to answer the research questions. The result of the findings revealed that all the items identified under blocklaying and concreting, carpentry and joinery, painting and decoration strategies were needed to enhance building construction employability skills by technical college students in the State. Based on the findings, it was concluded that the strategies under study, if properly followed could enhance employability skills of technical college students in building construction prior to their graduation. Sequel to the findings, it was recommended among others that school administrators should encourage teachers to integrate the identified strategies while teaching to enable the students acquire employability skills to thrive in the 21-century industry demands. Additionally, school administrators should synergize with relevant construction industries in order to avail students ample opportunity for hands-on learning.

Building construction, Employability skills, Entrepreneur, strategies, Teachers,

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