PROMOTING DEMOCRACY IN AN ERA OF INSECURITY THROUGH VOCATIONAL EDUCATION IN ENUGU STATE NIGERIA

Abstract

The work was on promoting democracy in an era of insecurity through Vocational Education in Enugu State, Nigeria. Descriptive survey research design was used by the study. Two research questions and two null hypotheses guided the study. The population for the study comprised of 60 vocational educators (lecturers) from two government-owned universities in Enugu State. There was no sampling because of its manageable size. The instrument for data collection was a structured questionnaire entitled: Promoting Democracy Questionnaire (PDQ) developed by the researchers. The instrument (PDQ) was validated by three experts, which yielded value of .68 using Cronbach Alphaestimate. Data were analyzed using mean for the research questions and t-test for the hypotheses. Findings from the study identified that team-work skills and problem-solving skills respectively promotes democracy in an era of insecurity through vocational education in Enugu State. Again, there was no significant difference between the mean responses of vocational Educators in Federal University and their state counterparts on team work skills and problem-solving skills respectively for promoting democracy in an era of insecurity through vocational Education in Enugu State. Based on the finding, it was recommended among others that governments at all level, should improve on the funding of Vocational Education. Again, curriculum planners should incorporate needed skills in the running of vocational Education.