Abstract:
The study was carried out to assess the effectiveness of school quality indicators on the production of technical teachers in South Western Nigeria Colleges of Education. A descriptive survey research was adopted for the study. The population for the study was 102 consisting of 72 lecturers and 30 administrators. A structured questionnaire with four sections, 39 items and five point Likert scale was used as instrument for data collection after being subjected to face validation of three lecturers. The reliability coefficient of the instrument was 0.89 using Cronbach alpha coefficient. Three research questions and three null hypotheses were designed for the study. Means and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions while t-test was used to test the hypotheses. The study revealed 10 effectiveness indicators needs for personnel, 12 effectiveness needs for facilities and 9 quality indicators for adequate learning environment. It was recommended that the quality indicators identified for the three school quality indicators i.e personnel, facilities and adequate environment should form the basis for planning and teaching of technical teachers in Colleges of Education that produce technical teachers. It was also recommended that the stakeholders of technical education in colleges of education producing technical teachers should make provisions for personnel on how adequate training and collegial learning should be provided. Government at all levels should provide befitting incentives for lecturers and administrators of technical department in Colleges of Education
