Strategies for Improving Maintenance of Laboratories and Equipment of Vocational and Technical Education for Effective Service Delivery in Tertiary Institutions

Abstract
This study was conducted to identify the strategies for effective and efficient maintenance of laboratories and equipment in vocational and technical tertiary institutions for the desired goal in teaching and leaning. Survey design was employed in the study. Two research questions and two null hypotheses were used. The population was made up of 115 vocational and technical education lecturers and technologists in tertiary institutions in Delta State. The instrument used for data was a questionnaire which was validated with a reliability coefficient of 0.86. The arithmetic mean were used to answer the research questions while the t-test was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed that there is poor maintenance culture in vocation and technical education laboratories and equipment in tertiary institutions. The study identifies the purpose of maintenance and came up with strategies / recommendations on how to promote good maintenance culture for effective service delivery in vocational technical education in tertiary institution in Delta State of Nigeria.