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Item Sustainable Quality Assurance in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) for National Security in Nigeria(Book of Proceeding of 26th Annual National Conference of Nigerian Association of Teachers of TechnologyAt, 2013) Igwe, C. O.; Owodunni, S. A.; Nwankwo, F. C.; Onoh, C. E. C.TVET programme at all levels is in urgent need of revitalization. The quality, relevance and currency of skills and knowledge produced by the current training programme is clearly not meeting private sector need nor is it meeting student expectations for articulation, quality and employability. This is due to many challenges hindering effective implementation of TVET. This paper therefore presents the status of the programme and how national security is attainable through quality assurance in TVET. It further made recommendations on the way forward in improving and sustaining quality assurance in TVET programme in Nigeria.Item Assessment of the Healthy Indoor Environmental Quality Practices Adopted in three Star Hotels in Abuja(Book of Proceedings of 8th Inter-Disciplinary Academic Conference of University of Ibadan, Conference Center,At: University of Ibadan Oyo State, Nigeria., 2018) Isah, Y.; Igwe, C. O.; Owodunni, S. A.The study investigated the healthy indoor environmental quality practices adopted in three star hotels in Abuja. Indoor environmental quality is one of the key dimensions of green building practices. The population of the study was 114 (89 facility managers and 25 registered builders). Two research questions were raised and two hypotheses tested at .05 level of significance guided the study. The instrument for data collection was a 20-items Questionnaire on Healthy indoor Environmental Quality Practices in Three Star Hotels (QHIEQPTSH) developed by the researcher. The questionnaire was validated by three building technology experts in the Department of Industrial and Technology Education, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger State. A pilot test of the instrument was carried out in Lafia, Nasarawa State. The Crobach Alpha coefficient method was used to determine the internal consistency of the instrument and 0.80 was obtained as the overall reliability coefficient of the instrument. Data collected was analyzed and mean and standard deviations were used to answer the research questions while Z-test analysis was used to test the hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. Findings revealed among others that 10 Healthy Indoor Environmental Quality Practices are presently adopted in Three Star Hotels in Abuja. It was also found that there is no significant difference between the mean ratings of facility managers and registered builders on the healthy indoor environmental quality practices adopted in three star hotels in Abuja. Based on these findings therefore, it was recommended among others that healthy indoor environmental quality practices should be adopted in other categories of hotels in Abuja in order to not only ensure the comfort and wellbeing of hotel customers, but to also preserve the environment.Item Analysis of personal entrepreneurial competencies possessed by students for establishing small and medium scale enterprise in FCT, Abuja(Book of Proceedings of 1st International Conference of School of Science and Technology Education (SSTE), 2013) Owodunni, S. A.; Igwe, C. O.; Sanni, T. A.This study investigated Personal Entrepreneurial Competencies (PEC) Possessed by technical College students for establishing small and Medium Scale Enterprise (SMEs). Two research questions and 2 hypotheses were developed for this study. A survey research design was used for the study. The population comprised of 234 students of Federal Science Technical College Orozo and Government Technical College, Garki in Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. The subjects responded to 28-item questionnaires. The questionnaire was validated by 3 experts in entrepreneurship education from Federal University of Technology Minna, Niger State. The reliability of the instrument was found to be 0.68 using Cronbach Alpha formula. Mean and Standard Deviation were used to answer and analyze the research questions, while the hypotheses were tested using t-test statistics at 0.05 level of significant. The study revealed that entrepreneurial competencies such as opportunity sensing, persistence, commitment to contract, risk-taking and information seeking among others are PEC possessed by technical college students in FCT. The findings also showed that PEC such as opportunity sensing, persistence, commitment to contract, risk-taking and information seeking, self-confidence, appraise the performance of the enterprise among others are being utilized by the student. The study further revealed that there was no significant difference between the mean response of male and female students on the PEC possessed by Technical College Student for establishing an enterprise. It was recommended among others that all the competencies discovered to be possessed by students in the study should be packaged and included in curriculum of Technical College programme. Teachers should assist students to identify their PEC for establishing an SME.