SKILLS ACQUISITION IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND GOAL ACHIEVEMENT IN ILORIN METROPOLIS, KWARA STATE

Abstract

This study investigated Skills Acquisition in Secondary schools and goals achievement in Ilorin Metropolis,
Kwara state. The objectives of the study were to; (i) ascertain the level of skills acquisition given to secondary
school students in Ilorin metropolis; (ii) evaluate the impact of the skills acquired by the students after school;
(iii) examine the challenges of skills acquisition of secondary school students in Ilorin; (iv) suggest measures on
how the government can solve the challenges of skills acquisition in the state (v) determine the level of
educational goal achievement in Ilorin Metropolis. The research design was descriptive survey of the
correlational type. The sampling technique used for this study was Random Sampling Technique, the samples
were stratified into the three local government areas in Ilorin metropolis where five schools from each local
government in Ilorin metropolis (west, south and East) were chosen with the Purposive Sampling Technique.
Therefore, 300 respondents were used (150 secondary school students and 150 secondary school graduates).
Two set of instruments were used for this study entitled Skill Acquisition Questionnaire (SAQ) and Goal
Achievement Questionnaire (GAQ). Four research questions were raised for the study and answered using both
descriptive and inferential statistics by using SPSS. The research questions were analyzed using mean ratings
and the hypothesis tested using Pearson Product Moment Correlation at 0.05 level of significance. The findings
revealed among others that the level of skills acquisition have their mean rating above the benchmark of 2.50,
this indicates that the level of skills acquisition is high. This implies that the secondary school students in Ilorin
metropolis were given adequate skills. Based on the findings, it was recommended that the Ministry of education
should ensure that impactful skills are given to the students to help build self- reliant young people.