International Journal of Education and Evaluation E-ISSN 2489-0073 P-ISSN 2695-1940 Vol 5. No. 6 2019 www.iiardpub.org IIARD – International Institute of Academic Research and Development Page 1 Assessment of Agricultural Education Resources for Vocational Skills Development of Students in Universities in Rivers State, South-South, Nigeria. EKEZIE, Anthony Imo A. (PhD) & OWO, Offia Tugwell Department of Vocational/Technology Education, Rivers State University, P. M. B. 5080 Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Corresponding Author: tugwellowo@yahoo.com Abstract The study assessed the adequacy of agricultural education resources for vocational skills development of students in universities in Rivers State, South-South, Nigeria. Descriptive survey design was adopted for the study whose population was 98 (11 lecturers and 87 final year students) of agricultural education from the two Rivers State owned-universities in Port Harcourt. Three research questions and three hypotheses tested at 0.05 level of significance guided the study. A 30-item instrument titled “Vocational Agricultural Education Resources for Skills Development Questionnaire(VAERSDQ)” developed by the researchers on a 5-point Likert Scale was used to elicit information from the respondents. Three experts face-validated the instrument whose reliability coefficient was obtained as 0.85 through Cronbach’s Alpha method. Mean and standard deviation were the statistical tools used to analyze the research questions while t-test was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed among others that inadequate training environment and facilities adversely affected the vocational skills development of students in agricultural education in Rivers State. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended among others that Government should provide adequate training facilities in the universities for the vocational skills development of students in agricultural education in Rivers State, Nigeria. Keywords: Agricultural education; vocational skills development; resources; students; assessment. Introduction Vocation can be defined as any skill-based job or occupation carried out by an individual in order to earn a living. Skill as defined by Okorie (2000) refers to human capacity to perform any activity with dexterity and competence. Skills could be seen as special abilities in a given occupation acquired through learning and practice (Samuel, 2017). In the views of Ogbuanya and Bakari (2014), skill refers to individual’s capacity to control element of behavior, thinking and feeling within specified contexts and within a particular task domain. Skills therefore entail special abilities gained through committed learning and practice which enable an individual to be proficient in his work role in a chosen occupational field. According to Yusuf and Soyemi (2012),