TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AS A TOOL FOR PRODUCTIVITY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA
Keywords:
Vocational and Technical Education, Productivity Sustainable Development.Abstract
This paper focuses on Technical and Vocational Education as a tool for productivity and sustainable national development. Technical and Vocational Education is an aspect of education that provides trained manpower needed for national development. The manpower contributes to the socio-economic, technical and industrial sector of a given nation. Also, the paper discusses the roles of technical and vocational education to national development by providing trained manpower in applied science, technology and commerce, creation of employment opportunities through the skills acquired which enables the individual to be self-employed and also gain employment in government sector thereby reducing poverty, among others.Finally, some recommendations were made such as recruitment of trained technical education teachers, given of in-service training to the existing technical education teachers in lined with modern technologies, among others.
Keywords:
References
Abdullahi, M.D. (1993). Technology and science education an overview.
Education today journal, 6(3), 22-30.
Abdulrahama, W. Lawal, (2013). Technical and vocational education; a tool for National Development in Nigeria. Retrieved from http://www.google.com
Aigbonu, E.O. (1994): The role of vocational education in National Development. Journal of Technical Teacher Education, 1(2).
Amoor, S.S, (2008).The challenges of technical and vocation education
programmed in Nigeria Universities. Retrieved from http://www.google.com
Career and Technical Education (CTE), (2009). Washington Office of
superintendent of public instruction. Retrieved from http://www.kiz.wa.us/careerTedEd/.
Ekpenyong, L.E. (2008).Foundation of Technical and Vocational Education: Evolution and practice, 3rd Edition. Benin-City: supreme idea publisher international LTD.
Ekpenyong, L.E. (2011), Foundation of technical and vocational education: Evolution and Practice, 1st impression. Benin- City. AMBIK press LTD.
Eze, T.I. (2010). Skill development in science and technology education for millennium development goals. A key note address presented at the 9th National Conference on Skill Development in Science and Technology Education for the Millennium Development Goals. Federal Ministry of Education, Abuja.
Federal Republic of Nigeria, (2004).National Policy on Education. Lagos:
NERDC press.
Idialu, E.E & Adavbiele, J.A (2005).Foundation course in vocational and technical education. CENTRAL BOOKS LTD, Delta state.
Kingdom, E. Orji, Maekae & Job (2013), The role of education in national development: Nigerian Experience. European scientific journal Vol. (9), 315. Retrieved from https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/
Nevin, E (2008), Education and development; policy and practice: A Development Education Review, 6 (49-62).
Oguntuyi, A.N. (2013). A viable vocational technical education curriculum: A tool for economic and Technology Development scholarly journal of Education, 2(2), 22-26.
Okorie, J.U. (2001). Vocational and industrial education league of researchers, in Nigeria, Owerri.
Olaitan, S.O. (1996). Vocational and technical education in Nigeria (issues and Analysis).
Noble Graphic Press, Onitsha.
Ovbiagele, Abraham Otaigbe (2015), Vocational Education for Socio-Economic and Technological Development of Nigeria.Global Journal of interdisciplinary Social Science. Vol. 4(4): 15-18
Ozoemena, S.A. (2013). Vocational and technical education; a tool for sustainable development in Nigeria, Journal of Education and practice, 4(25).
Tuetue , M.E (2019), Role of business education in influencing national development in Nigeria. A seminal paper presented to the Department of Vocational and Technical Education, Faculty of Education, University of Benin, Benin City.
UNESCO, (2004).The challenges of globalization for the design of technical curriculum in developing countries. 1st Edition University of Lagos Press, 217-237.
UNESCO, (2009). Educational and national development in Nigeria, Retrieved from http://community.vaguardngr.com/profiles/blogs/education-and-national development-in-Nigeria.
Usoro, H.S, Usoro, E.B; Akpan, G.A. & Otu, E.S. (2010).Vocational education as an instrument for achieving the seven-point agenda. Multidisciplinary Journal of Academic Excellent, 3(2).Retrieved from http://www.google.com.
