A COMPARISM OF FEMALES ATTITUDE TOWARDS TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN FEDERAL COLLEGE OF EDUCATION (TECHNICAL) AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GIRLS COLLEGE IN POTISKUM LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA

Abstract

CHAPTER ONE
1.0 INTRODUCTION
No study of history of education is complete without adequate knowledge of traditional or indigenous education system prevalent in Africa before the arrival of Islam and Christianity. These two (2) important religious bodies which have influenced Nigerian education in small measure are of recent development compared with the indigenous education are as follows:- practical farming, fishing, weaving, cooking, wood carving, knifing and craft which include pottery, leather work, bead making, mat weaving and casting. Recreational subject included wrestling, dancing, drumming, acrobatic display, racing, while intellectual training include the study of local history, legends, the environment (local geography, plant animals) poetry reasoning, riddles, proverbs, story telling and story relays.
Every society whether simple or complex has its own system for training and educating its youth and education for the good life has been one of the most persistent concern of man throughout history. However; the education and the method of approach may differ from people to people. Place to place and nation to nation. Because indigenous education failed to conform to the ways of the westernized system, some less well informed writers have considered it primitive. But such contention should be seen as the product of ignorance and due to a total misunderstanding of the inherent value of informal education after all education is aggregate of all the process by which a child or young adult develops the abilities, attitudes and forms of behaviour which are positive value to the society in which he lives.
Few years ago, technical education in Nigeria used to be directed to men alone, especially in the Northern part of the country, when education in Nigeria should actually strive to provide a board programme for female being the mother of tomorrow should be given the best and soundest technical education so that our future generation might have good foundation and background to sustain our civilization. The educated girls of today become mothers of tomorrow when will be in position to take good care of their children because of the fact that he who educates woman educate the nation by ( Adenji Aderlagbe 1969).
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
According to the national policy (1981) “Technical Education is define as that aspect of education which leads to the acquisition of practical and applied skills as basic scientific knowledge”.
The education decree 16 of 1985 sited by Towe (1989) also described technical education as “Education given in institutions other than the Universities, i.e. Polytechnic, Colleges of Education and other technical and technology institution providing both scientific knowledge and practical skills required for a specific trade, employment or profession as craftsman, technical, technologist, engineers, scientist, or similar level in business in the field of engineering, applied science, agricultural or business”.
According to Tunde Ipaye (1980:2:43) technical education is defined as “the science of application of knowledge for practical purpose. It is the process of application of knowledge in systematic way to solve problems in education and teaching.
The extent to which any society or nation developed depends on technology; good examples are Japan, United State of America (USA), France etc. The establishment of several agencies is insufficient by itself to guarantee improvement on activities in technology since the curriculum content of the technical education was focus on the practical aspect of educational programme, the expectation of the field is to help in inclining the economy and technological development of the technical aspect of education. Technical Teacher Training in Nigeria started in 1992 with the establishment of the development of department of Vocational Teacher Education at the University of Nigeria Nsukka, this department realized on Michigan University of United State of America (USA) for technical and materials supporting its formative year. Later the National Technical Teachers College non Federal College of Education (Technical) were established at Akoka and Gombe, while institutions such as the Yaba Higher College ot Technology institute of Management and technology Enugu, Kaduna Polytechnic and Ibadan Polytechnic also venture into the area of technical Teachers Training part of the programme.
In 1979, when the new education system required all secondary schools in the country to offer technical subjects, these institutions proved to be grossly inadequate to meet the nation needs for technical education despites the fact that federal and states government effort were to encourage the two gender males and females within the field of technical education. Some factors encourage one of the genders that are “males” to be enrolled in technical education courses more than the females’ right from post primary school level.
Although the general enrolment data taken from 2005 to 2006 sessions in our school F.C.E (T) Potiskum shows that the number of females that were enrolled were not encouraging compared to the number of boys enrolled. One can therefore, understand that the important of technical education in our modern society be over emphasized, in both males and females though this is found to be more encouraging in the boys side while need to be geared towards its balance. Since one of the aims of education in African tradition society is “job orientation” agricultural education, farming, fishing, trade, craft carving, weaving and painting etc Fafunwa (1979) reviewed that “Technical training from the Africa perspective as training base on apprenticeship system.
Since this study is aimed at examining a comparism of female attitude towards the study of technical education, thus in carrying out this work, the study is going to be based on F.C.E (T) Potiskum school of technical education and one secondary school that is F.G.G.C in Potiskum local government area.
1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
This study is carried out to critically examine a comparism of female’s attitude towards the study of technical education.
Generally the comparism attitude of females towards technical education seems to call for investigation. It would not be reasonable to see that secondary school students especially those in the senior classes in Potiskum local government are known in having comparism attitude towards technical education because of what they do hear from people cause them to develop comparism attitude towards technical education due to lack of guidance and counseling right from post primary school. Also the females view it is as if they cannot cope up with technical courses offered in technical education, especially technical drawing and courses that involves calculation like algebra for teaching calculus, vector and coordinate geometry, trigonometry and functions etc. also lack of female lecturers to teach technical courses, which will help to motivate female into technical education programme.
For those reasons, the researcher thought it is imperative to undertake this project because Nigeria is developing and a country which needed highly trained manpower with this regard, females too would contribute greatly in the field of technology, teaching technical education, if they are encourage to enroll into technical education.
As observed earlier, the issue of female comparism attitude towards technical education in F.C.E.(T) Potiskum has generated low enrolment of female into technical education and it is in this direction this project tend to find unity solution.
1.3 PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
The purpose of this study is to create national development in our areas and for better living condition, heal their and happier individual.
Technical education bring up a kind of progress in Nigeria, so far our education to move forward we have to eradicate all taboos, witchcraft and superstitious beliefs that do hampers our females from studying technical education.
The main objectives of the study are:-
a. To make the females have an idea of technical education as a key factor for national development.
b. To find out the effectiveness of the females on the field of technical education
c. To determine the significance of the female as related to technical education.
1.4 SCOPE OF THE STUDY
The intention of the researcher is to cover one secondary school one tertiary institution in Potiskum local government area. Earlier research on this subject focused on the important of females in technical education to the society and nation in general.
Therefore, the researcher enlightens them on some areas of problems which that are facing such as:-
a. Lack of interest in the study of technical education.
b. A comparism attitude towards the study of technical education.
c. Parents are not in support of females to study technical education.
d. Some societies do not encourage females who choose technical education as a course.
e. Female reaction and understanding of the concept technical education.
So, for these comparism attitudes of females to be eradicated, the researcher suggests that a committee of guidance and counseling should be set.
1.6 ASSUMPTIONS OF THE STUDY
The researcher assumed that at the end of the study:-
a. The female students would have interest in technical education.
b. The female students would put away comparism attitudes towards technical education.
c. Parents should support their female students to study technical education.
d. The society would encourage females who choose technical education as a course. The female students would react positively and understand the concept of technical education.
1.7 RESEARRCH QUESTIONS
a. what are the factors responsible for the low enrolment of the females in technical education?
b. What strategies can be adopted to improve the endowment of females in technical education?
c. How can the Nigerian females contribute to the development of the nation?
1.8 DEFINITION OF TERMS
1. ANALYTICAL: This is by using methods that helps you examine things carefully especially by separating them into their different part and analysis approach.
2. ANTIPATHY: A strong teaching of dislike.
3. APITUDE: National ability or skills of doing something.
4. ATTITUDE: The way you think and feel about something
5. DWINDLING: To become gradually less or smaller.
6. ILL-EQUIPPED: Not having the skills for a particular education or activity.
7. HAMONAL FACTORS: An internal secretion, produced in and by one of the endocrine gland: especially one of a group of complex chemical compound involves in one part of an organism and carried them by the blood stream or body fluid to other part on which if exercise a specific physiological action.
8. MISCONCEPTION: To interpreter incorrectly.
9. FEMININE: Female or characteristic of an appropriate or peculiar to woman.
10. WANGLE: To extricate oneself or to adjust or manipulate for personal or fraudulent end or resort to indirect, irregular or dishonest method.
11 .RECIPIENT: A person who receive or one who accept a gift or favour.
12. ASCULINE: Having the qualities on appearance considered to be typical of or appropriate to man.
13. EMPERICAL: Base on observation or experiment not on theory.
14. ASSIMILATE: To absorb idea, information etc in the mind.
15. ASSERT: To make other people recognize by having firmly and confidently.
16. ENROLMENT: The action of enrolling the aim of school advertisement is to increase enrolment.
17. POSIT: To suggests or assume as a fact.
18. STEREOTYPE: Something confronting to be fix or general pattern as a standard mental picture that is common member of a group and that represent an over simplified opinion, effective attitude or uncritical judgment,