Rejigging Handiwork and Craft Education in Secondary Schools in Obudu L. G. A. of Cross River State Nigeria: An Intervention Strategy for Poverty Reduction, Economic Empowerment and Insecurity

The importance of the re-introduction of handiwork/craft Education in our secondary school system cannot be over emphasized. This study therefore Investigated how the rejigging of handiwork/craft Education in secondary schools can serve as an intervention strategy in reducing the level of poverty, ensure economic empowerment and guarantee adequate security of lives and property in Obudu Local Government Area, Cross River State, Nigeria. To achieve the purpose of this study, three research questions were posed, survey research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study was all the junior secondary school students in the Local Government Area numbering about three thousand eight hundred and sixty (3860) students. The sample size was five hundred (500) students randomly selected from the population. The questionnaire was used for data collection, and the data obtained was analysed using descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviation. The result obtained from data analysis revealed that rejigging handiwork/craft Education will help in promoting poverty alleviation, tackle insecurity and economic empowerment. Based on the result of findings, it was recommended among others that the teaching of handiwork/craft Education as a subject should be made compulsory in all secondary schools in Cross River State, as this will empower students economically.