APPRAISAL OF BUILDING TECHNOLOGY Pl{OGRAMME IN THE POLYTECHNICS AT BIDA AND ILORIN.

Abstract

Abstract Thi s study was intended to appraise the quality of the Building Tec hn ology programme olTered at Bida and Ilorin Polytechni cs. The study was des igned to: lind out the Building Technology programme cont ent adeq uacy to prepare stud ents for the challenges of the contemporary built enviro nm ent. It was also des igned to lind out the adequacy and crfective ness or facilities and equipment as well as di scovering th e attitudes of the students towards the programme. The populati on used for th e study is 182 consisting of 160 studen ts, 20 lecturt; rs and 2 11.0 .I),s. The salllple used ("or th e study consisted of 102 respondents in three groups. 20 lecturers and 80 students of both polytechnics including two I-lead's of Departm ents, one li'om each institution. J\ structured questionnaire was used to elicit responses from the Polytechnic lecturers and students concerned. t- test stati sti cal analysis was employed to liml out if there is signi fi eant difference in the responses of both Lecturers and Students in the two in sti tut io ns and simple percentage was used to anaIYi'.e the respunses givl'n to the qLl esti ollll Cli rc. The res ults Oil findin gs showed that the current ex ist ing curri cululll 0 (" the Building Tec hn ology programllle is not adequate to prepare studen ts ("or the con kill porary bui I t en \. i Wilin ent and needs to he reviewed to meet up with the current global trend in technological advancement and also fac ilities and equipment needs to be upgraded. The lindings also re vealed that the fac ilities and equipments arc grossly in inadequate and those available are ohso lete and abandoned. The findin gs however revealed that students have a favourable attitude toward the programme and are not just offe ring it as a last alternati ve. Based on the findings the researcher recommend ed among others th at the Building Technology programme curriculum should be rev iewed in line with global trend in leT and technological advancement relevant to the built industry. Government at all le ve ls as well as pri va te sector should give more attellti on tt.) the funding of technical courses in the po lytec hni cs so us 10 l ~le iJit:1 t e the upgrading and n.:plaeelllcnt of obsol ete equiPlll ent to allow l'or better learning and that the programme should be eva lu ated periodicall y.