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Abstract:
The study sought to encourage lecturers in the polytechnic institutions to continually undergo skills appraisal by engaging themselves in industrial attachment. By so doing lecturers can broaden their experience and keep up with the latest development in science and technology. Many times the criticism of polytechnic graduates by employers for being improperly trained may become a thing of the past. The researcher used an open ended questionnaires, focus groups and interviews as data collection methods. Purposive sampling was used to select 26 lecturer participants of the study in line with quantitative research approach used in data analysis. It emerged from the empirical findings of the study that there is need to develop strong partnership with industry to broaden the lecturers' competencies and help keep abreast with new equipment coming as driven by the wave of technology and globalization. Furthermore, the TVET curriculum is underfunded hence challenges of inadequate machinery are still dogging the polytechnic education. This critical scenario creates a gap on the part of the lecturer in synchronizing the use of old equipment with the new equipment in the industry. The government therefore needs to make robust policy initiative to improve the delivery and implementation of technical subjects and also improve funding. The study recommends a further research be conducted on the impact of TVET to graduates self-employment.
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