Abstract
The study focused on finding out the impact of professional development programme for improving
the effectiveness of teachers in Nigerian technical colleges. The study was carried out in some
selected Government Technical Colleges in Abia, Enugu and Anambra States. Two purposes of the
study were stated to guide the study. The population for the study was 500 automobile/electrical
installation trade teachers in the study area. Simple random sampling technique was employed to
select 110 teachers of automobile mechanics/electrical installation trades and was used for the study.
The instrument for data collection was a questionnaire developed from literature review and was
validated by three experts from the Department of Industrial Technical Education, University of
Nigeria, Nsukka. The questionnaire was administered on 110 automobile mechanics/electrical
installation teachers from Abia, Enugu and Anambra States, and was retrieved and analyzed using
mean. The study revealed among others that the developed re-training programme impacted
positively on the ICTs usage and enhanced the teachers‟ technical skills in teaching and learning
process. Recommendations were given based on the findings from the study.
Publication Date: 2018-06-09