Problems Militating Against the Effectiveness of Technological Courses in Nigeria

Abstract

This paper reports the problems always encountered in the effectiveness of Technological courses. The concentration of this paper is on the Mechanical, Production, Metalwork and Technical Drawing courses and subjects. Some of the factors identified include the students’ attitude, parent’s attitude, the teachers’ methods of teaching, non-provision of part–time lecturers or persons, shortage of science and technological based teachers and personnel, lack of machines and equipment; and non-continuity of technological education in Nigeria, Ghana and other British colony in West Africa coast. This paper concludes that technological courses and subjects require extra efforts to attain desire technological development.