TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING – THE KEY TO SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT
Bello Gambo Bichi, Mushashid M. Dansarai, Sule Musa, Habibu Idris
Abstract
Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) has been identified as one of the most effective human resource developments that needs to be embraced for rapid industrialization and sustainable technological development of any nation. TVET has been an integral part of national development in many societies because of its impact on productivity and economic development. This paper discusses the dearth of skilled technical manpower in Nigeria and its effect on the technological development of the nation. It advocates for a comprehensive revitalization of TVET in Nigeria to promote workforce partnership needed to develop innovative approaches or replicate models that operationally demonstrate has demand technological the society needs. Efforts and ways by both by the government and individuals to train and produce the required manpower for the achievement of the missing link in Nigeria’s development policy were also suggested by the authors.