A Framework for Goal Setting Skills Integration in Curriculum

The Nigerian of universities of technology existing bachelor degree curricula has been identified as one of the causes of high rate of youth unemployment in the country. One of the curricula is Electrical Technology Education (ETE) curriculum. Presently the ETE curriculum has no framework for goal setting skills integration to guide the application. Therefore, development of a framework for goal setting skills integration in ETE curriculum is aim of this aim of this paper. The research employed exploratory sequential design which started by interviewing ten Industry Technical Managers (ITM). The data collected during the interview were analyzed first by open coding, secondly by axial coding and finally by selective coding. The structured questionnaire was developed by using the results interview. The questionnaire was validated by 4 experts and then it was pilot tested and the alpha value was 0.854. The total sample was 646 which include 96 ITM, 22 ETE Lecturers and 528 ETE Graduates were used for the survey. The statistical method of Stepwise Linear Regression was used to analyze the survey. Three best elements of goal setting skills which include creative solution development, abilities for directing efforts to actions and abilities for allocating people to tasks were found in this study. The survey results were used for development of a framework for goal setting skills integration in ETE Curriculum. It is recommended that Nigeria Federal Government, State Governments and international organizations such as World Bank, International Labour Organization and United Nations to conduct feasibility study and implement the developed framework.