The participant pool consisted of mechanical engineering lecturers from six of the ten technical universities in Ghana. Final-year mechanical engineering students from six of Ghana's ten technical universities, representing Automobile and Production. Mechanical engineers from the automobile industries and the commission of technical and vocational educational training the total number of randomly sampled lecturers who took part in the survey was 52, while the number of final year mechanical engineering students who randomly participated in the research was 248.
In addition, five mechanical engineering managers from the automobile industry who had ten or more years of working experience were interviewed. Also,
four CTVET managers in charge of regulating, promoting, and administering TVET for transformation and innovation for sustainable development were interviewed. Finally, a group of six lecturers from six of the ten technical universities formed parts of the focus group discussion (FDG). The outcomes of the quantitative, qualitative, and focus group discussion study components were then compared to identify if there was a gap between students' digital skills and the industry's expectations for graduates, as shown in Table 3.1.
Table 3.1 Population and Sample size of the study
Category
|
Population
|
Sample Size
|
Sample Techniques
|
Data collection
|
Mechanical Engineering Lecturers
|
60
|
52
|
Simple Random Sampling
|
Questionnaire
|
Final Year Mechanical Engineering Students.
|
700
|
248
|
Simple Random Sampling
|
Questionnaire
|
Industry Engineers (10+ yrs. of Experience)
|
5
|
5
|
Purposive Sampling
|
Interview
|
CTVET/GTEC
Officials
|
4
|
4
|
Purposive Sampling
|
Interview
|
Mechanical Engineering Lecturers TUs
|
5 per group
|
30
|
Purposive Sampling
|
Focus group discussion
|
Source: (Krejcie & Morgan, 1970)
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