Quality Assurance of Vocational Education Trade/Entrepreneurship Subjects in Public Secondary Schools in Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area in Lagos State, Nigeria

The study investigated quality assurance of Vocational Education trade subjects in public secondary schools in Amuwo-Odofin Local Government Area.  Variables of quality assurance examined were the availability of physical facilities for teaching of vocational education trade subjects, the quality of these physical facilities as well as the as their adequacy. In addition, the quality of teaching personnel for vocational subjects as well as constraints to effective teaching of vocational education trade subjects in these public secondary schools in Amuwo-Odofin Local Government Area were also examined. Five research questions were raised for the study. The study adopted descriptive research survey. The sample of the study comprised of 147 respondents comprising of secondary school teachers in Amuwo-Odofin Local Government Area. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data from the subjects. The reliability coefficient of the instrument was 0.80 and the data collected were analyzed using frequency counts and percentages while histogram was used for illustration. The result of the study indicated that physical facilities were grossly inadequate and not readily available with low quality. The study also revealed that inadequate funding and shortage of subject specialists were major constraints to effective teaching of vocational subjects. Based on the findings of the study, recommendations were made. Keywords: Quality Assurance, Physical Facilities, Vocational, Trade Subjects, Secondary School DOI: 10.7176/JEP/12-2-13 Publication date: January 31st 202

Gap analysis and demographic differentiation of awareness of technology based instructional resources among business educators

The study determined the gap analysis and demographic differentiation of awareness of Technology -Based Instructional Resources (TBIR) among business educators in colleges of education in Edo and Delta States of Nigeria. To guide the study, two research questions were raised and answered while two hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study employed a descriptive survey research design. The population of the study was 116 business educators, in the colleges of education in Edo and Delta States and this constitute the sample size for the study. A questionnaire title: Gap Analysis and Demographic Differentiation of Awareness of Technology - Based Instructional Resources (GDATBIR), validated by experts was used for data collectio n. The reliability coefficient of the questionnaire was 0.84. The analysis revealed that there exist awareness gap among business educators on various TBIR for teaching. Also, the analysis revealed that there exist demographic differentiations of awareness between male and female business educators regarding TBIR for teaching business subject. The study, therefore, recommended among others, that authorities of colleges of education should endeavorto create awareness for their business educators to adopt TBIR for instructional delivery through seminars, workshops and conferences. Also, male and female business educators should be sensitized equally on the awareness of utilizing TBIR for effective instructional delivery