Abstract
The study assessed digital resources in curriculums of Technical and Vocational Education and Training for skills development in Kano State tertiary institutions. The descriptive research design was used for this study. Two specific research purposes, two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. The population of the study is 195 lecturers teaching TVET courses in five tertiary institutions in Kano State. The stratified sampling technique was used to select 108 lecturers from the population. The instrument for data collection was a questionnaire structured in a Likert scale format titled: Exploiting Digital Resources in Technical and Vocational Education and Training Curriculum Tertiary Institutions for Students Skills Development (EDRTVTETCISSD). The instrument was validated by three experts in the field of TVET and tested for reliability using Cronbach Alpha and this gave reliability coefficients of 0.794. The data analyses were done using mean and standard deviation to answer the research questions, while t-test was used to test the null hypotheses. Based on the data collected and analysed, the study identified 15 digital resources needed for skills development in TVET curriculum, and 5 suitable digital resource among TVET students in tertiary institution for skills development. The findings revealed that digital resources enhance students' skills development in tertiary. It was recommended that equitable access to high-quality digital learning materials and tools is crucial to avoid exacerbating existing educational inequalities and TVET institutions should conduct a comprehensive needs assessment by surveying instructors, students, and industry professionals to identify the specific skills students need to develop.
Keywords: Curriculum, Digital Resources, Skills Development, Student, TVET Institutions.
Publication Date: 2025-12-10