ENCOURAGING COMMUNITY LEADERS, INDUSTRIALISTS AND BUSINESSMEN IN FINANCING TECHNICAL VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN NASARAWA STATE

Abstract

The study focused on policy initiatives for encouraging Community leaders, Industrialists and Businessmen to participate in financing Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) for sustainable development in Nasarawa State. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design and was carried out in Nasarawa State. The population for the study was 354 respondents comprising 90 community leaders, 99 industrialists and 165 businessmen. Twenty one Policy Initiative items questionnaire was developed and utilized to collect data for the study. The instrument was validated by 5 experts, three from the Department of Industrial Technical Education, University of Nigeria, Nsukka and two from manufacturing industry. Cronbach Alpha reliability method was used to determine the internal consistency of the instrument. The reliability test on the items revealed a coefficient of 0.87. The study found out that 21 items were rated as cooperative financing initiatives that should be utilized in making community leaders, industrialists and businessmen participate in financing technical vocational education and training. It was  also found  that there was no significant difference in the mean rating of the respondents at 0.05 level of significant with regards to how technical vocational education and training be financed. It was therefore recommended that the findings in the study be utilized by government for formulating policies in financing technical vocational education and training in Nasarawa state.