| Developing Entrepreneurship among Hearing Impaired People with Technical and Vocational Skills in Rivers State, Nigeria |
In Nigeria, hearing impaired people face immense socio-economic difficulties. Due to communication barriers, employers find hiring even those who have completed their education difficult. In light of this, most of them undergo vocational training to acquire vocational skills, hoping they will be meaningfully engaged in job activities to enhance their economic lives. Many hearing-impaired people who possess vocational skills hardly gain employment, and those who have started a business venture or enterprise hardly thrive. The present study investigated entrepreneurship development among hearing impaired people in Rivers State, Nigeria. The study, guided by three research questions, adopted a case study, using interviews and focus group discussions to collect data. The study participants comprised 38 persons. The study's findings showed that communication, building relationships, skillfulness, technology usage, and the ability of relatives to provide support were vital for success in self-employment. It was found that very little has been done by way of activities conducted to develop entrepreneurship for self-employment among hearing impaired students. Furthermore, educational level, medium of vocational training, gender, and family background in entrepreneurship contributed to developing entrepreneurship competencies among the study group. Government intervention, among others, was recommended. |
Prof. OKWELLE, Paulinus Chijioke. |
Dr. NWINEH Legborsi, & Dr. NWINEH P. L. |
2024 |
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| Developing Entrepreneurship among Hearing Impaired People with Technical and Vocational Skills in Rivers State, Nigeria |
In Nigeria, hearing impaired people face immense socio-economic difficulties. Due to communication barriers, employers find hiring even those who have completed their education difficult. In light of this, most of them undergo vocational training to acquire vocational skills, hoping they will be meaningfully engaged in job activities to enhance their economic lives. Many hearing-impaired people who possess vocational skills hardly gain employment, and those who have started a business venture or enterprise hardly thrive. The present study investigated entrepreneurship development among hearing impaired people in Rivers State, Nigeria. The study, guided by three research questions, adopted a case study, using interviews and focus group discussions to collect data. The study participants comprised 38 persons. The study's findings showed that communication, building relationships, skillfulness, technology usage, and the ability of relatives to provide support were vital for success in self-employment. It was found that very little has been done by way of activities conducted to develop entrepreneurship for self-employment among hearing impaired students. Furthermore, educational level, medium of vocational training, gender, and family background in entrepreneurship contributed to developing entrepreneurship competencies among the study group. Government intervention, among others, was recommended. |
Prof. OKWELLE, Paulinus Chijioke. |
Dr. NWINEH Legborsi, & Dr. NWINEH P. L. |
2024 |
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| Maintenance and repairs skills needed by polytechnic graduates for local content policy implementation in oil and gas industry in Niger- Delta, Nigeria. |
This study was conducted to ascertain the maintenance and repairs skills needed by polytechnic graduates for local content policy implementation in oil and gas industry in Niger-Delta, Nigeria. Descriptive Survey research design was adopted for the study. The study population comprised 1404 oil and gas industry workers out of which 82 were purposively selected as the study sample. One research question and hypothesis guided the study. The instrument for data collection was a 34-item, self-structured questionnaire titled "Electrical Maintenance and Repairs Skills Questionnaire (EMRSQ)". The questionnaire was designed on a 5-point Likert Scale. The questionnaire was face and content-validated by two electrical supervisors from oil and gas industry and another expert in measurement and evaluation from Rivers State University, Port Harcourt. The reliability of EMRSQ was established using Cronbach Alpha as reliability coefficient of 0.81 was obtained. A total of 82 questionnaires was recovered from the respondents and used for data analysis. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research question while t-test was used to test the hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. The study found that electrical/electronic graduates need various maintenance and repairs skills for local content policy implementation in oil and gas industry. Consequently, it was recommended among others that government should encourage institution-industry collaboration in the training of engineering students, ensure adequate funding of polytechnic education and also, the oil and gas industry should encourage the development of students' technical skills through quality supervision of all industrial training programmes in oil and gas industry in Nigeria. |
Paulinus Okwelle |
Offia Owo, & Udoka Cornelius Nduka Isaac |
2022 |
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| Effect of Audio-Visual Aids on Students’ Academic Achievement in Mechanical Engineering Craft Practice in Technical Colleges in Rivers State. |
This study investigated the effect of audio-visual aids on students’ academic achievement in mechanical engineering craft practice in technical colleges in Rivers State. Two research questions were posed and two null hypotheses were tested in the study. Quasi-experimental design was adopted for the study. Purposive sampling technique was used to draw the three technical colleges offering Mechanical Engineering Craft Practice out of the four technical colleges in the state. A multi-choice test instrument tagged “Mechanical Engineering Craft Practice Achievement Test” was used for data collection. Research questions were answered using mean. Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) statistics was used to test hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The study recommended that teachers of mechanical craft practice and other technical disciplines should vigorously adopt the use of audio-visual aids amongst other active instructional aids in the delivery of their day to day lessons. |
Okwelle P. Chijioke |
Ekwueme Orikoha |
2022 |
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