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CJOE: Vol.9 No.2 December 2025

Accelerating Technical College-Community Collaboration for Achieving Sustainable Entrepreneurship Development in Appliance Maintenance and Repairs

Submitted
August 23, 2025
Published
2025-08-23

Abstract

The study was on accelerating technical college-community collaboration for achieving sustainable entrepreneurship development in Appliance Maintenance and Repairs. The study was carried out in Rivers State, Nigeria. A descriptive survey research design was adopted for this study. The population consisted of all electrical and electronic teachers and students in the five Rivers State-owned technical colleges. Purposive random sampling was used to draw 30 teachers and 80 students from three (3) Technical Colleges in Rivers State. A total of 110 respondents were therefore purposively selected for the study. A structured questionnaire consisting of 15 items on a 4-point scale of Strongly Agree (4), Agree (3), Disagree (2), and Strongly Disagree (1) was used to elicit information from respondents. The instrument was validated by three experts. Cronbach's Alpha reliability was used to determine the reliability coefficient of the instrument, which yielded 0.76, indicating that the instrument was reliable for the study. The instrument was administered to the respondents by the researcher and retrieved on the spot after completion. Mean statistic was used to answer the research questions. Items with a mean value of 2.50 and above were regarded as Agree (A), while items with a mean value below 2.50 were regarded as Disagree (D). The result showed, among others, that accelerating collaboration in skill acquisition enhances the achievement of entrepreneurship development in Appliance Maintenance and Repairs. Among the recommendations was that the community should provide opportunities for skill acquisition, scholarship, and mentorship to technical colleges.