TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION FOR SUSTENANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Emmanuel Chimaobi Nosike, Chinwendu Samuel Onyenobi

Abstract


Unemployment, poverty and state of hopelessness have worsened amongst our school leavers and graduates of tertiary institutions as most of them are not gainfully employed after graduation. The reason is that they lack the necessary occupational skills that would enable them to be self reliant and effectively function in today’s world of work. Nigeria government does not seem to give vocational and technical education the desired attention. This paper therefore is an attempt to explore some issues, challenges and what Nigeria stands to benefit as they effectively adopt vocational and technical education program for a sustainable development for individuals and the nation at large.

Keywords


Technical education, skill acquisition, employment, sustenance, poverty alleviation, economic development

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