Appropriate Contents in Android Phone Maintenance for Training of Youths at Skill Acquisition Centers

Abstract

The study was carried out to determine appropriate contents in android phone maintenance for training of youths at skill acquisition centres in Lagos State. Three research questions guided the study and three null hypotheses formulated were tested at 0.05 level of significance. A survey research design was adopted for the study. The population for the study was 122 which comprised of all the 35 lecturers of electrical/electronic engineering technology in polytechnics, 22 lecturers of electrical/electronic technology in colleges of education and 67 road side cell phone technicians in Lagos State. The sample for the study was 122 respondents. These were purposively sampled 67 literate road side cell phone technicians, and all the 55 lecturers of electrical/electronic technology in the polytechnics and colleges of education in the study area. A structured questionnaire was used for data collection. The instrument was validated by three experts. Cronbach alpha reliability method was adopted to determine the internal consistency of the questionnaire item and 0.84 was obtained. One hundred and twenty two copies of the questionnaire were administered. One hundred and twenty copies of the questionnaire were collected back and analyzed using factor analysis while analysis of variance was used to test the hypotheses of no significant difference at 0.05 level of significance. The study found out that the competencies identified in android phone maintenance are appropriate for the training of youths at skill acquisition centres in Lagos State. It was recommended that all the competencies identified should be used to organize training for youths at skill acquisition centres in Lagos State.