An Evaluation of Job Creation andudVocational Skills Development Programmeudof the National Directorate of Employment,udIn Lagos State of Nigeria

摘要

The purpose of the study is to critically analyse the Job Creation and Vocational Skills Development of theudNational Directorate of Employment (NDE) in L~os State with particular reference to the NationaludOpen Apprenticeship Scheme (NOAS). The descriptive survey approach was adopted for the study.udThe sample used for the study was drawn from the trainees, trainers and the Operational and SupportudServices staff of the NDE. The number was made up of seven hundred trainees, forty-two trainers andudtwenty officials of the National Directorate of Employment, in Lagos State.udThree sets of questionnaires were the major research instruments used for gathering data. Records from theudNDE National Headquarters and the Lagos State office at Yaba, coupled with oral interview, conductedudon the beneficiaries of the NDE programme, complemented those data collec.ted through theudquestionnaires. The data collected were statically determined through the use of measure of centraludtendencies and chi-square (X' ) text. The study reveals that the objectives of the National OpenudApprenticeship Scheme upon which the evaluation was carried out were achieved. The recruitment ofudtrainees was carried out to adequately reflect the twenty local government areas of Lagos State. Thus,udthere was wide coverage of the whole state under the scheme. The study also found out that the trainingudprogramme of NDE recognizes the training needs of the individual trainees. The study also revealed thatudthere is a significant difference between the graduate and the NDE training programme and theirudcounterparts in other vocational institutions. The study identifies some problems of NDE in the executionudof its programmes and made recommendations that could solve them.