Fabrication And Welding Skills Required For Employment Of University Students In Rivers State: A Tool For Curbing Electoral Malpractice In Nigeria

Chiduhiegem C.R. WORDU, Stanley T. DIRI, Glory N. IGWE

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This study focused on the assessment of fabrication and welding skills required for employment of university students in Rivers State used as a tool in curbing electoral malpractice in Nigeria. A descriptive survey design guided the study. The population comprised 24 Fabrication and Welding (FW) lecturers and Instructors in the owned Universities (Rivers State University lecturers and Ignatius Ajuru University of Education in Rivers State) (i. e. FW lecturers 16 and Instructors 8). No sampling was done as the population was manageable. Two research questions and two hypotheses were formulated for the study. A questionnaire titled “Fabrication and Welding Skills Required for Employment of University Students in Rivers State: A Tool for Curbing Electoral Malpractice in Nigeria (FWSNEATCEMN)" was developed to elicit responses from the respondents. The instrument was validated by three experts in the fields of Vocational and Technology Education and Training and Political Science Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Port Harcourt. The reliability of the instrument was established using Cronbach Alpha Reliability coefficient which yielded 0.86 and 0.87 respectively. Statistical Mean was used to answer the research questions while standard deviation was used to determine the homogeneity in the responses of the respondent and z-test was used to test the hypotheses. The study found that fabrication skills are required for employment of university students in Rivers State used as a tool in curbing electoral malpractice in Nigeria. The study also showed that fabrication skills are required for employment of university students in Rivers State used as a tool in curbing electoral malpractice in Nigeria. Among the recommendations in the study are:  TVET institution’s administrators should ensure that there is a synergy between TVET institutions and industries during training to ensure that students acquire fabrication skills needed for employment: A tool for curbing electoral malpractice in Nigeria, and TVET institutions should ensure that students undergo their industrial attachment in related and allied industries to ensure that students acquire welding skills needed for employment: A tool for curbing electoral malpractice in Nigeria.


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University, TVET, fabrication and Welding Skills, Employment and Electoral Malpractice

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