TRAINING AND RE-TRAINING OF TECHNOLOGY TEACHERS IN NIGERIA IN THE 21ST CENTURY: A CASE STUDY OF PLATEAU STATE

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to find out whether the 21^st Century Technology Teachers   have received the desired training and retraining to meet up with the challenges of the technological  advancement. To ascertain  the  prevalent  in  lack  of   training and retraining of technology teachers in our training institutions in Plateau State, and its consequences in impacting knowledge by the untrained personnel to the young ones yearning for knowledge, and saleable skills for the challenging society. It is evident that Technology Teachers can play a vital role in salvaging the society from technological stagnation by providing marketable skills to the numerous educated but unskilled graduates.To achieve this.training and re-retraining of the teachers is very   pertinent because it will provide updated knowledge for them to meet up with the ever growing  complex  technological  society  in  the  21^st "century.Survey  research  design  was adopted for the study. A total population of 100 technical teachers comprising 30  Lecturers.30 tutors from technical schools and 40 from the Junior Secondary School  who are Teaching Technical Subjects. Structured questionnaire was used to collect  data from the respondent. The instrument was face validated and tested for reliability  which yielded a reliability coefficient of 0.87. Mean and standard deviation were used  to answer the research questions. Mean responses of 2.50 and above was regarded as  agreed while a Mean below 2.50 was regarded as disagreed.The questionnaire was structured  along  the Likert  scale  format. Each  response  category  was  assigned a corresponding nominal value of Strongly Agree (SA)-5, Agree (A)-4, Undecided (UD)-3, Disagree (D)-2 and Strongly Disagree (SD)-1. Recommendations were profered  to enhance Technology Teacher productivity and better performance.