Abstract:
The study was carried out to investigate the material resource management responsibilities of woodwork teachers in technical colleges in Kogi State. Six research questions were developed and six null hypotheses were formulated. A survey research design was used. The population for the study was 91 woodwork teacher and supervisors in woodwork industries in Kogi State. The entire population was used for the study and there was no sample. The instrument used for data collection was structured questionnaire. Cronbach alpha reliability method was used to determine the internal consistency of the questionnaire items and reliability coefficient value of 0.82 was obtained. Mean was used to analyze data for answering research questions while t-test was used to test hypotheses of no significant difference at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed that the following number of planning, organizing, coordinating, controlling, monitoring and evaluating responsibilities were required for material resource management: planning responsibilities 20, organizing responsibilities 12, coordinating responsibilities 16, controlling responsibilities 10, monitoring responsibilities 12 and evaluating responsibilities 16. The finding also revealed that there was no significant difference in the mean responses of woodwork teachers and supervisors in the industries on the planning, organizing, coordinating, controlling, monitoring and evaluating responsibilities for material resource management in technical colleges. It was recommended that State or federal government should organize workshop and seminars for woodwork teachers and instructors on various management responsibilities for effective management of material resources in technical colleges in Kogi State.
