Secondary School Teachers’, Students’ and Parents’ Attitude toward In-school Vocational Training

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Applied Science (IJRIAS) | Volume VII, Issue I, January 2022 | ISSN 2454–6194

Secondary School Teachers’, Students’ and Parents’ Attitude toward In-school Vocational Training

Adeola Shobola (PhD)
Department of Educational Foundations and Counselling, Faculty of Education, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria

Abstract: This paper examined the attitude of private secondary school teachers, students and parents toward in-school vocational training, and it further investigated the difference in the attitude of the stakeholders. The study adopted descriptive survey research design. The population of the study comprised of two private secondary school teachers, students and parents in Ife Central Local Government Area of Osun State. The sample size was 240 private secondary school students from four schools across classes (JS1 – SS2), their teachers and parents using simple random sampling technique. A questionnaire titled Attitude of Private Secondary School Teachers, Students and Parents toward In-school Vocational Training was used to elicit information from the respondents with a Likert scale response pattern. Data collected were analyzed using frequency and percentage counts and Anova. The results using simple percentages showed that 50.8% of the students had a positive attitude toward in-school vocational training; while the parents and teachers demonstrated a negative attitude 57.4%, and 67.5% respectively. In conclusion, the attitude of parents, teachers and students could influence students’ in-school vocational training.

Keywords: Attitude, In-school Vocational Training.

I. INTRODUCTION

Vocational training is seen as education, training and or learning intended to equip persons for specific vocation which specifically seeks to develop knowledge and skills in learners in order to operate successfully in the world of work. Vocational training focuses on practical applications of skills learned derived from theories or traditional academic skills. Vocational training which is seen as one of the important roles for national development as now been introduced into secondary school curriculum and some of the vocational subjects include, computer studies, office practice, photography, painting, decoding, salesmanship, plumbing, fishery, building, catering, fashion designing etc. The new curriculum for secondary schools was introduced by the Nigerian Federal Government to produce graduates who are well prepared for higher education with relevant functional trade and entrepreneurial skill needed to eradicate poverty, create jobs creation and generate wealth for the citizenry.

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