Secondary School Teachers’, Students’ and Parents’ Attitude toward In-school Vocational Training

This paper examined the attitude of private secondary school teachers, students and parents toward in-school vocational training, and it further investigated the difference in the attitude of the stakeholders. The study adopted descriptive survey research design. The population of the study comprised of two private secondary school teachers, students and parents in Ife Central Local Government Area of Osun State. The sample size was 240 private secondary school students from four schools across classes (JS1 – SS2), their teachers and parents using simple random sampling technique. A questionnaire titled Attitude of Private Secondary School Teachers, Students and Parents toward In-school Vocational Training was used to elicit information from the respondents with a Likert scale response pattern. Data collected were analyzed using frequency and percentage counts and Anova. The results using simple percentages showed that 50.8% of the students had a positive attitude toward in-school vocational training; while the parents and teachers demonstrated a negative attitude 57.4%, and 67.5% respectively. In conclusion, the attitude of parents, teachers and students could influence students’ in-school vocational training.