Home Background Variables and Technical Vocational Training of Secondary School Students in Akwa Ibom State During Global Economic Meltdown

Abstract

This study assessed the relationship between home background and students’ technical vocational training in secondary schools in Akwa Ibom State during global economic meltdown. The population for the study consisted of 2014 students from ten public secondary schools in Uyo metropolis. Five hundred students were randomly selected for the study. A reliability index of 0.86 was obtained using Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC). Data were obtained using students vocational training questionnaire (SVCQ) and analyzed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation. We found that parents’ educational status and income correlated positively with students’ technical vocational training. Also, parental occupations had facilitatory influence on students’ technical vocational training. We suggest that school guidance/counselors be well vested with technical vocational guidance information through training and retraining in order to assist students make good career choices and escape poverty in the prevailing economic meltdown. Also, parents should refrain from imposing courses on their children and wards to ensure their diversification and stimulate the economy of the nation.

Keywords: Home background, vocational training, parents’ education, occupation, income, global economic crisis.