Constraints to Acquisition of Blocks Moulding Skills for Entrepreneurship Development of Government Technical Colleges Students in Rivers State

Abstract

The study examines the Constraints to the acquisition of blocks moulding skill for entrepreneurship 
development of government technical colleges students in Rivers State. The study adopted the 
descriptive research design. The population of the study consisted of 4290 owners of block 
moulding industries and instructors of Building Technology of the four Government Technical 
Colleges in Rivers State out of which a sample size of 364 was determined using the Taro Yamane 
formula. A Self-structured instrument titled “Constraints to Acquisition of Block Moulding Skills 
for Entrepreneurship development Questionnaire (CABMSEDQ)” was used for data collection. 
Mean and standard deviation was used to analyse the research question while z-test was used to test 
the hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. Four research questions and four null hypotheses were 
posed respectively to guide the study. The instrument was faced validated by three experts and 
average reliability coefficient 0.92 with Cronbach Alpha coefficient method. Results from the study 
shows that both owners of block moulding industry and instructors in the government technical 
colleges agreed that financial factors, parental factors, student factors and workshop facility factors 
are all hinderances to the acquisition of block moulding skills among students of government 
technical colleges in Rivers State. Among other recommendations, it was recommended that 
government should provide the enabling environment that motivates our youths who are interested 
in block moulding business by facilitating them with start up capital.