Exploring Engineering Education as a Remedy for Economic Instability in Nigeria: Students’ Perspectives from Federal Polytechnic Bali, Taraba State

Abstract

This paper examined Engineering Education as a tool for curing economic instability in Nigeria such as Recession, inflation, and unemployment. To overcome these financial challenges, Nigeria has to invest in a range of industries, particularly engineering, and diversify its economy. Engineering education is crucial to producing a skilled labor force that can support the country's economic success. From the viewpoint of the students, how engineering education may help Nigeria's economic instability. The study was guided by two objectives and two research questions under the auspices of Survey as the research design, conducted in Federal polytechnic Bali, Taraba State. The population of the study was 412, which is comprised of all students in the school of engineering. Since every member of the population was used as a sample for this investigation, there was no sampling strategy.  Structured questionnaire was used in data collection for the study which was validated experts; the instrument's internal consistency was assessed using the Cronbach Alpha coefficient formula, which produced a coefficient value of 0.77, indicating that it is dependable. The Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) software, version 22, was used to analyze the data using the mean and standard deviation. . The result indicates that curriculum needs to be periodically evaluated and revised to make sure it complies with industry requirements and worldwide standards. The students also suggest that tertiary institutions should have sufficient funds to make sure they have the facilities and tools needed to provide good engineering education. Additionally, students suggest that to guarantee that engineering graduates have the abilities and knowledge required to satisfy industrial demands, there should be more cooperation between academic institutions and business sectors.