Mr. Usman Dutse, the President, Academic
Staff Union of Polytechnics, has advised the Federal Government to give
more attention to Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) in
tertiary institutions.
Dutse made this known on Wednesday in
Lagos that funding challenges and inadequate policy framework were
affecting the implementation of TVET in schools.
He also said challenges in the area of technical education had contributed to the high level of unemployment in the country.
“Technical and vocational training is one of the solutions to the challenges we are facing in the country.
“TVET provides opportunity for youths to
acquire skills they can apply practically and become self employed,’’
the union president said.
According to him, it is only through
diversification and application of appropriate technical skills that the
nation’s economy can be diversified and internalised.
“We need skills in mining, agriculture and industries.
“Technical and vocational training in these key areas of endeavour can take our country out of the economy recession.’’
Dutse urged government to commit more resources to technical education.
He observed that low enrolment of
students in polytechnics and colleges of technology had affected
technical education and production of skilled manpower.
The federal government had promised to
invest in technical education to build the requisite human capital base
for a competitive economy.
The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu,
at a national workshop on technical and vocational training in Nigeria,
had reiterated the federal government’s resolve to place emphasis on the
area.
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