ACQUISITION OF CLOTHING PRODUCTION SKILLS AMONG CLOTHING AND TEXTILE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES IN GHANA

Abstract

This study investigated the extent to which Clothing and Textiles Senior High School graduates in Ghana have achieved a major aim of the curriculum “develop clothing production skills”. The study answered the research questions 1. What knowledge do senior high school graduates have on clothing production processes? 2. Can senior high school Clothing and Textiles graduates cut and sew garments? The study is evaluation research and the quantitative research approach was adopted. A multistage sampling method was used to sample four hundred and seventy-eight graduates from eighteen schools who just completed their West African Senior Secondary Examination. It was revealed that the graduates had knowledge (theory) on clothing production processes (M=3.27) and out of 478 graduates, only 133(28%) could cut and sew simple garments but only 41 can make 3 to 4 simple garments suggesting that, the graduates do not have practical skill in Clothing & Textiles thus the major aim “develop clothing production skills” has not been achieved. It was recommended that, teachers should pay much attention to the skill training aspect of Clothing and Textiles.