Perspective of Technical Educators on the Future of Industrial Technology Education in an Era of Economic Uncertainties in Lagos and Ogun States' Colleges of Education, Nigeria

This study is designed to investigate the perspectives of technical educators on the future of Industrial Technology Education (ITE) in an era of economic uncertainties in Lagos and Ogun States’ Colleges of Education, Nigeria. Two research questions was formulated to guide the study. The population of the study was 50 Industrial Technical Educators from two selected Colleges of education in Lagos and Ogun States Nigeria which made up the sample size. No sampling technique was used in the study. The instrument for the data collection was a self-constructed questionnaire titled the perspectives of technical educators on the future of Industrial Technology Education (ITE) in an era of economic uncertainties about the sustainability and effectiveness of ITE programmes. The instrument was designed in a 5-point like scale of requirement. The questionnaire was face validated by 5 experts from Department of Science and Technology, University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos State, Nigeria which was used to collect data. The reliability of the instrument was established using test-retest method for measure of internal consistency of the instrument and yielded a reliability coefficient of 0.91. Data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation from the research questions. Findings indicate that while technical educators are concerned about reduced funding, inadequate resources, outdated curriculum and other critical challenges faced by educators, they remain optimistic about the potential of ITE to adapt and thrive through innovation and government support. It is recommended that government should increase funding and resource allocation, curriculum development and industry alignment, regular professional development for Educators, policy makers and educational institutions should strengthen ITE in Nigeria amidst economic challenges.