A SURVEY ON VOCATIONAL ENTREPRENUER SKILLS SUBJECT GRADUATES ATTAINMENT OF NERDC (2009) GOAL: PANACEA TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT VISION 2030, DELTA STATE

Abstract

The study aimed at establishing if Home Economics Trade – Subject teachers in Delta North Senatorial Zone can identify business enterprises established by their graduates in the society, students' common areas of interest and constraints militating against students' effective acquisition of knowledge, skills and attitudes needed for successful entrance to the world of work upon graduation three research questions guided study , a survey research design was employed, a purposive sampling technique was used to select seventy eight (78) Home Economics trade subjects teachers in all public secondary schools, a questionnaire consisting of thirty (30) closed – end items were used to collect data; data collected was analyzed using mean ( )Result revealed that graduates has entrepreneurial business ventures in Garment making (tailoring and clothing constructions) ( = 2.5); Cosmetology (Hair dressing saloon, pedicure and manicure) ( =2.7); Common area of interest is catering craft practices and constrains includes, inadequate learning materials, teachers inefficiency in manipulative skills and limited lesson periods among others. Based on these findings, it was recommended that Federal Ministry of Education should organize in-service training for trade subjects' teachers, as well as provide adequate learning material for effective learning