Impact of a Developed Electrical Energy Management Instructional Module on Employees’ and Students’ Knowledge at the Federal University of Technology Minna, Nigeria

Abstract

ABSTRACT The study investigated the impact of the training using develop electrical energy management instructional module on employees’ and students’ knowledge at the Federal University of Technology (FUT) Minna, Nigeria. Three objectives and three research questions guided the study. One hypothesis was formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study adopted convergent parallel design. Quantitative and qualitative data are collected at the same time, analyzed separately, and then merged for interpretation. Quantitative design used is One-Group Pretest–Posttest Design. The training was carried out in Bosso campus of FUT Minna with 134 students from four different Departments in Bosso Campus and 32 employees working in Bosso campus. The training lasted for seven hours. 15 students and 5 employees were interviewed on the impact of the training module. Instrument for pretest and post-test was 50 multiple choice questions, each marked one mark total 50 marks. This instrument was subjected to validation by three experts. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer research questions one and two. While research question three was analyzed through thematic analysis. Paired Samples t-test that is dependent t-test was used to test null hypothesis. There is generally low baseline knowledge and noticeable variation among them students and employees and training increased awareness and understanding on electrical energy, energy efficiency and conservation. The following recommendations were made among others are; university should incorporate electrical energy management concepts into general studies or technical-related courses to build long-term awareness and responsible energy-use habits and University should organize annual or bi-annual workshops on energy conservation and safety management.