ASSESSMENT OF FUNCTIONALITY AND UTILIZATION OF FACILITIES FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING MOTOR VEHICLE MECHANICS WORK TRADE IN TECHNICAL COLLEGES OF GOMBE STATE, NIGERIA

The study assessed the functionality and utilization of facilities for teaching and learning motor vehicle mechanics work trade in technical colleges of Gombe state, Nigeria. It was guided by two objectives with two research questions and null hypotheses. Related literature was reviewed under different subheadings. The study employed a descriptive survey research design with a population of 35 MVMW students, 25 MVMW teachers, and 11 MVMW workshop attendants. There was no sampling because the population was manageable. The instrument was trial tested and the reliability coefficient of 0.87 was obtained using Cronbach alpha statistics. The research questions were analysed using mean and standard deviation while analysis of variance was used for testing the two (2) null hypotheses at 0.05 level of precision. The findings among others revealed that; The MVMW instructional facilities are moderately functional in Government Science and Technical Colleges in Gombe state with a grand mean of 2.64; The MVMW instructional facilities are to a larger extent not utilized in Government Science and Technical Colleges of Gombe state with a grand mean of 2.48, there was no significant difference among the mean responses of MVMW teachers’ workshop attendants and MVMW students on the level of utilization on MVMW instructional facilities in Government Science and Technical Colleges in Gombe State a probability value of 0.84. Based on the findings, the study recommended that; Government should ensure the functionality of all the instructional facilities necessary for teaching and learning of MVMW trade in Government Science and technical colleges of Gombe state; Government should ensure all the instructional facilities for teaching and learning of MVMW trade are fully utilized in Government Science and technical colleges of Gombe state. Based on the finding the study concluded that MVMW facilities are not functional and utilized in GSTCs of Gombe state.