A survey of students’ achievement in mechanical craft practice in national technical certificate examination in technical colleges in katsina state

Thesis Abstract

The study sought to examine of students’ achievement in Mechanical Craft Practice in national technical certificate examination in technical colleges in katsina state. The specific purposes of the study were to Find out strategies that can be adopted to improve Students’ Achievement in Mechanical Craft Practice in National Technical Certificate Examination in Technical Colleges in Katsina State, Determine the school based factors that affect Students’ Achievement in Mechanical Craft Practice in National Technical Certificate Examination in Technical Colleges in Katsina State, Find out socio-cultural factors that affect students’ Achievement in Mechanical Craft Practice in National Technical Certificate Examination in Technical Colleges in Katsina State among others. Four research questions were design and used to guide this study. The population of the is 1355 and 50 respondents were used as the sample. The study adopted descriptive survey research design and the area of study is Kaduna central senatorial zone. The Kuder-Richardson Formula 20 was used to calculate the reliability coefficient. Mean statistics was employed to analyse the data. The summary of the findings for this study revealed that Giving scholarship, providing qualified teachers, availability of instructional materials, educational status of the family, financial status of the family, and environment affect Students’ Achievement in Mechanical Craft Practice in National Technical Certificate Examination in Technical Colleges in Katsina State. Organizing career talks, taking students to excursion, organizing electrical/electronic based extra-curricular activities, posting students to students’ industrial work experience scheme (SIWES), improving teachers’ knowledge, providing adequate teaching aids, and organizing practical based lessons are strategies that can be adopted to improve Students’ Achievement in Mechanical Craft Practice in National Technical Certificate Examination in Technical Colleges in Katsina State. Based on the findings, recommendations were made which include that; the government should provide adequate practical workshops and sufficient teaching materials for teaching Mechanical Craft Practice in government technical colleges in Katsina State, the school authorities should be organizing organizing electrical/electronic based extra-curricular activities, the students should put more efforts in attending classes and paying more attention to their school activities than any other things.