Capacity Building of Industrial Students on Rubber-Based integrated Farming System by Rubber Research Institute of Nigeria

Abstract

The study evaluated the quantum of capacity building and training of industrial students on rubber“based farming system by Rubber Research Institute of Nigeria (RRIN). Both primary and secondary data were used for the study. Descriptive statistics such as percentage, frequency and mean were used for the analyses. The results of the analyses revealed that 32 higher institutions in Nigeria have sent their students to RRIN for Industrial Training (IT) between the years 2010 and 2015. It was also indicated that a total of 587 students were trained during the period by RRIN. Most of the students (52.94%) attributed their coming to RRIN for IT to good training materials available in the Institute, while 23.53% based their choice of RRIN to good dedicated staff of the Institute. The IT students rated their level of satisfaction on the quality of training they received from RRIN as 4.6 which indicates an excellent score. Lack of payment of the IT allowances (26%), poor power supply (17.05%) and bad road (17.05%) were among the main constraints faced by the IT students in the RRIN during their stay.