STATUS OF FISHERY AND STUDENTS SKILLS GAPS EXPRESSED FOR COMPETENCIES IN FISHERY OCCUPATION IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN DELTA STATE NIGERIA – International Journal of Research in Education Humanities and Commerce

STATUS OF FISHERY AND STUDENTS SKILLS GAPS EXPRESSED FOR COMPETENCIES IN FISHERY OCCUPATION IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN DELTA STATE NIGERIA

Ogwu C. Ph.D., Ph.D. & Nikoro, D

ABSTRACT

The study investigated the Status of fishery and students’ skills gaps expressed for competencies in fishery occupation in Public Secondary Schools in Delta State Nigeria. The study was an ex post facto descriptive survey research with two research questions answered and two hypotheses tested. The population was made up of 385 Fishery teachers and 5694 Fishery students in public secondary schools in Delta state. The study adopted a multi-stage sampling procedure and the samples for the study obtained with Slovin 1960 sample size formula were 196 Fishery teachers and 391 Fishery students in public secondary schools in Delta state. The instrument for data collection was a structured questionnaire which was validated by experts in measurement and evaluation and reliability was determined with test re-test, Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient, and Spearman-Brown proficiency formula was 0.73. Data analysis instruments deployed were mean and standard deviation to answer the research questions and t-test statistics to test the hypotheses. The study revealed that Fishery is taught as a science and not as a trade subject in Delta State public secondary schools, it also showed that agricultural science teachers double as Fishery teachers. It was equally known through the result of the study that the students have no knowledge of Fishery to take up Fishery occupation on graduation. The study recommends that Fishery should be taught as a trade subject, not as a science, specialized Fishery teachers should be recruited, and serving teachers should be sent on in-service courses. The students should be well instructed in Fishery skills to enable them to take up Fishery as a trade upon graduation.

Keywords: trade curriculum, fishery, status, knowledge gap, skill gaps

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