UPSCALING VOCATIONAL SKILLS IN OTM PROGRAMME FOR STUDENTS EMPOWERMENT IN A DIGITIZED ENVIRONMENT IN FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC ADO EKITI, EKITI STATE
Abstract
This project examined the upscalling vocational skills in OTM programme for
students empowerment in a digitized environment, the objectives of the study is to
ascertain the vocational skills needed in OTM Programme for students empowerment in
a digitized environment, to find out the perceived level of importance of vocational skills
by the students and to determine the students’ expressed performance level in vocational
skills. The population of this study comprises is made up of One hundred and ten (110)
secretaries in two tertiary institutions in Ekiti State namely Federal Polytechnic, AdoEkiti, Bamidele Olumilua University, Ikere Ekiti. Primary source of data collection
(questionnaire) was used to obtain the needed data from the respondents. consisted of
One hundred and eight (108) secretaries selected from two institutions in Ekiti State
using Krejcie and Morgan (1970) sample size table. The sample distribution is as shown
below. A total of one hundred and eighth questionnaires were administered to the
respondents. Only one hundred was retrieved. The responses on each question were
carefully examined, analyzed and interpreted to answer the research question. Simple
percentage and chai-square was used for the analysis of the data. The findings shows
that vocational skills supports growth in an organization and proper attention to it in the
workplace by the secretary keeps her at alert and enlightens the secretary thereby
constraining her from some attitudes that may bring the secretarial profession to
disgrace. The image of the organization, it is only wise the secretary sees to it that she
achieves these goals by keeping to the rules and doctrines of her profession; she should
realize that moral common sense can be a starting point in reasoning about ethical
issues. Based on the findings, it is hereby recommended that timely delivery of
organizational culture from management must be practiced which reduces pressure on
employees and also, the employers should not take advantage of the secretary subjecting
her to jobs that are out of her field making her to work extra hours apart from normal
working hours.
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