TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title page                                                                                         i

Approval page                                                                                ii

Declaration                                                                                      iii

Acknowledgement                                                                          iv

Table of contents                                                                            v

Abstract                                                                                           vi

CHAPTER ONE:         INTRODUCTION

Background of the study                                                                1

Statement of the problem                                                              2

Purpose of the study                                                                      2      

Significance of the study                                                               3

Research questions                                                                       3

Scope and delimitation of the study                                             4

CHAPTER TWO:        REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

Conceptual framework                                                                            5

Concept of skills                                                                             7

Metal Work Technology                                                                 10

Qualities of a good teacher                                                           14

The support for school management and science

technical board in improving the teaching of

metal work technology.                                                                            23

The quality and quantity of metal work technology workshops,

materials, tools and equipment in the technical colleges in 

the zone                                                                                           27    

Summary of related literature                                                        29

CHAPTER THREE:    RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

Research design                                                                            31

Area of the study                                                                                      31

Population of the study                                                                  32

Instrument for data collection                                                        32    

Validity of the instrument                                                               33

Reliability of the instrument                                                           33

Method of data collection                                                              33

Method of data analysis                                                                33

CHAPTER FOUR:      DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS

Research question 1                                                                      35

Research question 2                                                                      36

Research question 3                                                                      37

CHAPTER V:     SUMMARY, CONCLUSION, AND                                                         RECOMMENDATION

Re-statement of the problem                                                                  39

Summary of procedure                                                                            39

Major finding                                                                                   40    

Discussion of the findings                                                             41    

Implication of the study                                                                  42

Conclusion                                                                                      42

Recommendations                                                                         42

Suggestion for further research                                                    43

References                                                                                               44

Appendix                                                                                         45

Abstract

The study sought to assess Skill Improvement Needs of Metal Work Technology Teachers in Technical Colleges in Kaduna State. The specific purposes of the study were to determine the quality of metal work technology teachers in technical colleges in Kaduna state, determine the availability of metal work practical materials in technical colleges in Kaduna state and determine the condition and effectiveness of metal work workshop in technical colleges in Kaduna state. Three Four research questions were design and used to guide this study. The population of the study is 82. since the population was manageable there was no need for sampling. The study adopted descriptive survey research design and the area of study is Kaduna state. The test retest method was used to establish the reliability of the instrument and the Pearson Product Moment Correlation coeffiecient was used to calculate the reliability coefficient. Mean statistics was employed to analyse the data. The summary of the findings for this study revealed that Metal Work technology teachers are knowledgeable in their field, Science and technical board provide adequate funding for the technical colleges, Machines, tools and equipment in Metalwork technology are not in a good working condition among others. Based on the findings, recommendations were made which include that Kaduna state ministry of education, science and technical board should organize in-service training, workshops, seminars and induction courses for Metalwork technology trade teachers in order to provide the skill improvement needs, Kaduna  state ministry of education, science and technical board should provide well trained technical assistant in the workshops for effective teaching/learning practical skills and Science and technical board should provide enough tools, materials, equipment and qualitative workshops, as well as proper maintenance of the workshop and other facilities for effective teaching/learning.