COMPUTERIZED SIGN OUT AND SIGN BACK ONLINE FORM: A STRATEGY FOR EFFECTIVE PREVENTION OF LOSS OF WORKSHOP TOOLS IN TECHNICAL COLLEGES IN RIVERS STATE

Abstract

This study on computerized sign out and sign back online form as a strategy for effective prevention of loss of workshop tools in technical colleges in Rivers State was necessitated by the frequent loss of tools in workshops in technical colleges. A research question guided the study and two null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 alpha level. Descriptive survey research design was employed for the study. The population for this study consisted of 120 technical college teachers and workshop attendants (78 Technical Colleges teachers and 48 workshop attendants) in four technical colleges in Rivers State. The entire population was studied without sampling since the size was not too large and was manageable. The instrument for data collection was a structured questionnaire titled: Computerized Sign Out and Sign Back Online Form as Strategy for Effective Prevention of loss of workshop tools.The instrument was validated by three experts from the Departments of Industrial Technical Education and Educational Foundations in Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Port Harcourt. Using the Cronbach alpha method to determine the reliability of the instrument, the reliability co-efficient of 0.76 was obtained. The data collected for the study were analyzed using mean and standard deviation to answer the research questions and to determine the closeness of the respondents mean ratings. The t-test was used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 alpha level. The findings of study revealed that, the use of computerized sign out and sign back online form will be very effective strategy for prevention of loss tools in workshops in technical colleges. The findings also showed that there was no significant difference in the opinions of teachers and workshop attendants on the use of computerized sign out and sign back online form as effective strategy for prevention of loss tools in workshops in technical colleges. Based on the findings of this study, it was recommended that computerized sign out and sign back online form should be adopted and implement in workshops in technical colleges in Rivers State.

Keywords. Technical colleges, workshop tools, computerized sign-out and sign-back online form, loss of tools.