ANALYSIS OF SMART TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING (TVET) NEEDS AMONG AGRICULTURAL GRADUATING STUDENTS IN NIGERIA HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS (HEIs)

This study was conducted in South Western and North Central Nigeria. The study evaluates the
level of agropreneurial practices and determines the specific smart TVET needs of students. The
study employed multistage sampling procedures to select 400 respondents using a well￾structured questionnaire. T-testing was carried out to achieve these objectives. The results of the
student level of agropreneurial practices indicated a moderate level of student’s engagement in
the study area. Animal husbandry had moderately high level of practice among graduates with
(Mean = 2.69 and p < .000) while Snailery breeding, crop processing had low practice among
graduates with mean value of (1.71, and p-value <0.000). In the case of specific smart TVET
needs of students, the result revealed that Students rate fishery most important as SMART needs
of Students clearly value of (Mean Difference= 0.335, t=4.312) and significant at p-value of
0.000. The study concluded that fishery as the most felt need TVET program should be taught
properly by trainers and placed priority in order to prepared students to be launched into
agribusiness after graduation.