Factors Militating against Teaching of Basic Technology in Secondary Schools: An Abakaliki Study

Abstract

The purpose of this paper was to determine the factors affecting the teaching of Basic Technology in Abakaliki. The study was a descriptive survey guided by three research questions and two hypotheses. The population of the study comprise of 120 Basic Technology teachers teaching in the selected secondary schools in Abakaliki. Questionnaire was instrument used for data collection and was validated by experts in technical and vocational education. Mean statistic was used to analyze the data for answering the research questions, while Analysis of various (ANOVA) was employed to analyze the data for testing the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of confidence. The findings of the study revealed that; the most frequently and least method of teaching used for teaching Basic Technology are demonstration and field trip respectively. Majority of the workshops in the schools were ill equipped, as a result, practical lessons were well near impossible. Funding and financing were not properly done for the schools. It was recommended that the State Government should as a matter of urgency, equip all technical workshops for the teaching of Basic Technology in all the schools in Abakaliki.

Keywords: Basic Technology, Teaching and Learning, Technical Education