SKILL ACQUISITION AND PERFORMANCE OF THE DYEING INDUSTRY IN ABEOKUTA, OGUN STATE

Abstract

The current patronages in the dyeing industry recent are going down and discouraging due to the black box effect of the dyes' fastness and their reactive quality. This was not on unconnected with the exits of the older generations who are better adjudged experienced and well knowledgeable in the ionic and covalent bond structures of the existing ranges of fabrics in the market. This is done by making the right choice of the reactive dyes combinations or their preparations and applying the appropriate processing technologies implying skill issues. The broad objective of this study was to examine the effect of skill acquisition on the dyeing industry while the specific objective includes first investigating the effect of high education on the marginal returns in the dyeing industry. The second specific objective was to examine the effect of practice on the marginal returns in the industry. These two variables are considered crucial to organizational effective performance, particularly, in the dyeing industry. This survey was based on the population of 146 respondents drawn from the five zones (A to E, Abeokuta South Local Government) in the industry. The research method was quantitative. The research design was a cross-sectional one. The analysis technique used for the study was the multiple regression analysis. Stratified sampling techniques were adopted to carry out the research survey. The study revealed that practice as a variable had a very strong effect (found to be 0.2) on the marginal returns in the dyeing industry. High education also had a significant effect (abstracted to be 0.05) on the marginal returns in the dyeing industry. The study concluded that skill acquisition had a significant effect on the performance of the dyeing industry in terms of the marginal returns in the industry and therefore recommended that technical education should be subsidized or be free. Government should also encourage secondary and tertiary levels of education by an increase in the budget share of high vocational education. Measures for individuals, corporate organizations, and government revitalizing and preferring technical, and vocational training (TVET) to complement the conventional education type should be instituted by the policymakers, and the decision drivers, which will go a long way to aid the unemployed especially the university graduates as well as the other army of the jobless people.