Evaluation of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Programmes in Nigeria: The Kirkpatrick Model

Wasiu Abiodun Makinde; Tolulope Oluwatosin Bamiro

doi:10.56741/jpes.v3i02.522

Authors

Wasiu Abiodun Makinde
wasiu.makinde@federalpolyilaro.edu.ng
The Federal Polytechnic Ilaro https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0014-2717
Tolulope Oluwatosin Bamiro The Federal Polytechnic Ilaro https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0319-2629

Keywords:

Kirkpatrick Model, Learning Behaviour, Self-evaluation, TVET

Abstract

This study aims to evaluate the Technical and Vocational, Education and Training (TVET) program in the Federal Polytechnic Ilaro using the Kirkpatrick model. The model provided a very reliable and valuable framework for evaluating education and technical training or programs with four levels of Behaviour, Learning, Reaction, and Outcome/Impact. The study population is 14290 students registered during the 2021/2022 academic session of the Institution. Krejcie and Morgam's (1974) sampling technique was adopted to have a 375 sample size for questionnaire administration purposes. The study purposively selected 375 sample sizes among the graduating classes in three out of five faculty, in which the institution was divided, to represent fifty percent of the stratification. The choice of graduating classes is to have those that are about to complete their academic program, and have gone through TVET-inclined programs for self-evaluation on the changes in their behavior, learning, reaction, and noticeable outcome-impact of TVET program on them in their immediate business environment. Descriptive and inferential statistics were adopted for analysis. The result of the findings through regression analysis produced an Adjusted R-Square of -0.005, F Statistics of 0.363, and a significant value of 0.780, which indicate that Learning, Behaviour, and Reaction did not influence the Outcome or Result of the TVET program. It was concluded that learning, reaction, and behavior were adequate in the TVET program with most respondents agreeing to the variables used to test the three levels, but had no influence on the Outcome/Impact on the improvement in the trainee’s life after the program in the Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, Nigeria.

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Author Biographies

Wasiu Abiodun Makinde, The Federal Polytechnic Ilaro

is a member of the scholar at the Department of Public Administration of the Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, Ogun State, Nigeria. His expertise is in Public Management, Governance Issues, Public Policy, and Community Development. He is a doctorate student at the Department of Public Administration, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Nigeria. He is an Associate Accounting Technician and a Full Member of, the Chartered Institute of Local Government and Public Administration of Nigeria. (email: wasiu.makinde@federalpolyilaro.edu.ng).

Tolulope Oluwatosin Bamiro, The Federal Polytechnic Ilaro

is affiliated with Obafemi Awolowo University. His research interests include Human Resource Management, Development Studies, Public Policy, and Governance. She has contributed to publications such as "Service Quality of Teaching Vocational Education and Training (TVET) and Student’s Satisfaction in Nigeria" and "Measuring the Effect of Service Quality of TVET on Student Performance in the Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, Nigeria". (email: tolulopebamiro@gmail.com).

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