Assessment of the Level of Female Participation in Apprenticeship in Technical and Vocational Occupations in Delta State

Abstract

This study is designed to assess the level of female participation in apprenticeship in technical and vocational occupations in Delta State. The study adopted the descriptive survey research design. A simple random sampling technique was used to obtain the respondent. The population of the study is 200 entrepreneurs and 150 lecturers. A well-structured questionnaire titled assessment of the level of female participation in apprenticeship in vocational and technical and vocational occupations questionnaire (ALFPAVTOQ) was also used to obtain information for the research. To achieve this, two research questions and two hypotheses were raised to guide the study. Data obtained were analysed with mean and standard deviation. The findings of the study shows that female participation enhance apprenticeship in technical occupation, Apprenticeship and technical occupation need not parent educational status, positive attitude of female is needed in technical occupation and that apprenticeship in technical and vocational occupations improves female participation in technical occupation. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that training centers should be provided for female with boarding facilities or those available should be made co-educational, an enlightenment campaign to educate female and emphasize on the need for female to participate in training and skill development in the industries should be organized.