Abstract
The study was carried out to determine the skill needed by technical teachers in applying emerging
technologies for teaching in technical colleges in Benue State. Two research questions were
developed for the study. The study adopted descriptive survey design. The area of study was Benue
State of Nigeria. The population for the study was 36 technical trade courses teachers drawn from the
eight technical colleges and one basic skill centre in Benue State. A 26 questionnaire items was
developed for data collection. Three experts in the Department of Industrial Technical Education,
University of Nigeria, Nsukka validated the instrument. Cronbach Alpha coefficient reliability of 0.94
was obtained for the instrument. Mean was used to answer the research questions while one
hypothesis was tested at the .05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed that technical
teachers teaching in technical colleges in Benue State lack skills in ICT and diagnostic process on
applying emerging technology in their trades. The findings also revealed that technical teachers in
technical colleges need further training for skill acquisition in modern technologies especially in
operating and servicing of equipments and machinery systems. Based on the findings, it was
recommended that technical teachers teaching in technical colleges should be trained for making use
of emerging Technologies so as to be able to teach in technical colleges effectively.
Key Words: Skills, ICTs, Technical teachers, Teaching, Technical Education, Emerging technologies.
Publication Date: 2018-12-06