Demand and supply of vocational education teachers in Ondo State public secondary schools, Ondo State, Nigeria

Abstract

The study examined demand and supply of technical and vocational education teachers in Ondo State Public secondary schools. The demand and supply of teachers as important tools and key factors in the transmission of technical and vocational knowledge, skill, values and attitudes for national development and self-reliance were effectively captured in this work. A descriptive research design of the survey type and the expost facto research design were used in the study. The population for this study comprised all the 304 public secondary schools in Ondo State. Random sampling techniques was used to select nine out of the 18 Local Government Areas with three schools from each of the senatorial districts in the State. Thus, one hundred and sixty-one (161) schools were selected and stratified into 117 urban and 44 rural schools. The instrument used to elicit information was a self-designed inventory titled, demand and supply of vocational education teachers inventory (DSVETI), validated and found reliable at r = 0.82. Results from the analysis revealed between 2009 and 2016, that there was a significant relationship between the demand for and supply of vocational education teachers. There was also significant difference in the demand and supply of male and female vocational education teachers in urban and rural schools. The study concluded that with the increase in students’ enrolment, the demand for vocational education teachers did not match the supply so as to bring about efficiency in the public secondary schools in Ondo State. Based on the findings, it was recommended that. Government should put in place welfare packages that would improve the societal recognition of vocational education teachers. Loans with minimal interests should be provided for teachers to purchase cars so as to retain the best brains in public secondary schools.