Quality Instruction: A Sin Quo-Non to Effective Technological Education in South Eastern States of Nigeria

Abstract

This study sought to find out ways of promoting quality instruction in secondary schools in South Eastern
States. Quality instruction has no substitute to technological education and so it should be pursued with
vigour. The study made use of 5 research questions and 1 null hypothesis. It was a survey research design.
The population of the study comprised all the principals and teachers in all the Secondary Schools in South
Eastern States numbering 1,337 principals and 21,605 teachers. Simple random sampling technique was
used to select 500 principals and 5,000 teachers from three States of the five States in South Eastern States.
Data was collected using 41 item questionnaires named (Quality Instruction and Effective Technological
Education Instrument (QIETEI) with a reliability co-efficient of 0.87. Mean was used to answer the research
questions while Z– test was used in testing the null hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. The result of the
study among others specified many roles of different stakeholders in education like principals should
reduce teachers work load, teachers should prepare very well for their lesson etc. Based on the results, it
was recommended among others that government should increase the funding of schools, parents should
live up to their responsibilities as regards to giving their children quality education.