COMPLEX MIX OF SOCIO-POLITICAL SYNERGY ON TECHNICAL VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING (TVET) IN NIGERIA

Abstract

Technical and vocational education and training (TVET) plays an instrumental role in the technological advancement and economic sustainability of many nations. Despite its contributions, Nigeria as a nation appears not to have given this aspect of education the attention it deserves. This is viewed as one of the reasons for the nation’s underdevelopment. The paper focuses on the current environment in which TVET in Nigeria operates, efforts government has taken to revitalise it and lessons that can be learnt from countries that have achieved appreciable economic development through TVET. The paper concludes that it is necessary M y for Nigeria to urgently and aggressively embrace a credible and pragmatic approach to strengthen TVET delivery in the country in order to achieve stable national economic development.