Manpower development through relevant technology education curriculum for sustainable poverty alleviation
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https://doi.org/10.31150/ajebm.Vol1.Iss1.6Keywords:
education, sustainable development, curriculum, sustainable development poverty alleviation, poorness, life standardAbstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the present curriculum being used to the development of technological manpower in our technical colleges is relevant, adequate in content, effective and enough to make the recipients self-employed for sustainable poverty alleviation. A total of 50 respondent comprising 20 technical teachers and 30 final year students from technical colleges formed the sample of the study. A set of questionnaire was used for data collection while the target population was all teachers and students. A total of three research questions were and simple percentage was used to analyze the data collected. The findings revealed that, the currently used curriculum in technical colleges is inadequate, not very relevant, no enough time for practical and cannot earn the products self-employment for sustainable poverty alleviation.
Keywords: education, sustainable development, curriculum, sustainable development, poverty alleviation, poorness, life standard
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