RE EVALUATING INDIGENOUS WEAVING PRACTICES IN NIGERIAN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS: A CASE STUDY OF KADUNA STATE

Abstract

This paper examined the state of weaving in Textile Section of Nigerian tertiary institutions using Kaduna State tertiary institutions as main focus. The survey and descriptive research designs was adopted for the s tudy. Two (2) research questions were proposed to guide the study. The total population used is 300. These consist of random selection of 100 populations from each of the three selected institutions that offer Fine and Applied Arts in Kaduna State. In elic it appropriate responses; the instrument used for data collection is a validated questionnaire titled “Scholastic Perception of the State of Indigenous Weaving in Nigerian Tertiary Institutions (SPSIWNTI)”. The respondents were to indicate the level of agr eement or disagreement in each column of stated options on a five point scale of Strongly Agree (AS), Agree (A), Disagree (D), Strongly Disagree (SD), and Undecided (UND). The calculated reliability instrument was 2.5 mean acceptances, otherwise known as u nacceptable. The results revealed lack of functional looms (especially the modern looms) and weaving materials, many of Nigerian tertiary institutions (especially Colleges of education) are not teaching weaving, lack of qualified man power (lecturers/weavers) in the system, massive closure of indigenous local industries, lack of interest among the students to study weaving as well as misconception that weaving is a course for females not for males, etc. It was therefore recommended among others that education minister should see that both traditional and modern looms are in stored in Nigerian institutions for ideal learning of indigenous weave production among the youth and blend the technique of production with westerners like that of “Ghana Kente weave” for modernization and promotion of cultural heritage and demand of indigenous Nigerian weave fabrics far and wide.