Risk Factors Associated with Industrial Technical Education Student’s IndustrialTraining Programme in Enugu State

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to determine risk factors associated with Industrial Technical Education (ITE) students on Industrial Training (IT) programmes in Enugu State. The study was carried out in the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Four specific purposes and four research questions guided the study. The study adopted the descriptive survey research design. The population for the study was 40 ITE students. Purposive sampling was used to select a sample size of 18 following a criterion. A 45-item structured questionnaire was used to collect data for the study. The instrument was validated by three experts and trial-tested on ten Agricultural Education undergraduates. The Cronbach Alpha reliability technique yielded reliability coefficients of 0.82, 0.91, 0.79, and 0.90 in the first, second, third, and fourth clusters, respectively. An overall reliability coefficient of 0.85 was obtained. Copies of the questionnaire were administered to the respondents and retrieved for analysis using SPSS. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer research questions, with a decision rule based on the real limit of numbers. Findings revealed, among other things, that ITE students on IT programmes encounter sexual abuse. It was recommended, among other things, that the government should advance policies to protect students who are on IT in industries.