Assessment of Human and Information Technology Resources for Practical Skill Acquisition of Electrical Machines Repairs for Students of Technical Colleges in Rivers State

Abstract

The study assessed human and information technology resources for practical skill acquisition of electrical machines 
repairs for students of technical colleges in Rivers State. To guide the study, two objectives, two research questions 
were raised and two corresponding hypotheses were formulated. The hypotheses were tested at 0.5 significant level. 
The population of the study comprised all the four (4) technical colleges in the state both students and staff which 
gave a total population of three hundred and fifty (350) respondents. The sample size amounted to one hundred and 
thirty (130) persons both students and staff drawn from the two Technical Colleges. Final year (exiting) students of 
electrical technology were used for the study. The instrument for data Collection was a close ended questionnaire. The 
instrument was validated by the researchers’ supervisor and two (2) other experts on measurement and evaluation 
from Ignatius Ajuru University of Education. To establish the level of reliability of the instrument the Cronbach-Alpha 
method was used and average coefficient reliability of 0.85 was obtained. The Method of Data Analysis was carried 
out using mean and standard deviation while t-test statistics were used to test hypotheses. Result of Data Analysis 
showed that availability of human resources in technical colleges for acquisition of electrical machines repairs skills 
is at low extent. Also, the ICT tools that are available is currently at a low extent for skill acquisition in technical 
colleges in Rivers State. The study recommended that there should be a computer resource centre in every technical 
colleges. This will enable the students to access the internet and keep themselves abreast of useful and update.