Skill Improvement Needs of Extension Agents for Effective Extension Education Service Delivery in Covid-19 Pandemic Era (Published)
The main purpose of this study was to determine the skill improvement needs of extension agent for effective extension education service delivery in covid-19 pandemic era. This study was carried out in Cross River State. The population of the study was 130 extension agents in the three agricultural zones of the State. There was no sampling: therefore the entire population was involved in the study due to manageable size of the population. The instrument used to collect data was a structured questionnaire developed by the researcher. The instrument was validated by 3 experts, 2 from Federal Ministry of Agriculture Calabar and 1 from Measurement and Evaluation Department of University of Calabar. The data collected were analyzed using Need Gap Analysis. It was found out that Extension Agents need improvement in the pedagogies method, group formation of farmer’s method and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) method. It was recommended that conferences and workshops should be organised by ministry of Agriculture for extension pedagogies, group formation and ICT specialists in collaboration with the State Government for effective extension education service delivery.
Keywords: COVID-19 pandemic, Improvement, Skill, extension agents, extension education
Status of Technical Education Curriculum Programme for Skill Acquisition in a Dynamic Society (Published)
The paper was designed to look at the present status of technical education curriculum programme for skill acquisition in a dynamic society. The paper examined technical education curriculum programme and the different national developmental strategies and the same time touched the current implementation and talked about evaluation for technical education programme that necessitate a change in a dynamic society. One of the components examined concerning this paper is the teacher that is responsible for the implementation of the policy and technical education curriculum. Other key elements discussed are the tools, equipment and facilities that are the major keys and elements of skill acquisition. In view of the prevailing circumstances and status, it was suggested that government should make fund available to train and retrain Nigerian’s for ever changing and dynamic society among others
Keywords: Acquisition, Curriculum, Dynamic, Education, Programme, Skill, Society, Status, and Technical