Technical, Vocational Education and Training Today: Challenges and Prospects

Abstract

Abstract

 Nigeria aspires to become a major player in the world economy in line with its Vision 20-30. To achieve this ambitious goal, the most crucial vehicle apart from power and infrastructure is a skilled and competent workforce. Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) is used as a comprehensive term referring to those aspects of the educational process involving, in addition to general education, the study of technologies and related sciences, and the acquisition of practical skills, attitudes, understanding, and knowledge relating to occupations in various sectors of economic and social life. In addition to technical knowledge and aptitude, TVET is also concerned with softer skills like communication, negotiation and teamwork. It is dispensed in public and private educational establishments or other forms of formal or informal instruction aimed at granting all segments of society access to lifelong resources.

Keywords: Technical and Vocational Education and Training: Challenges and Prospects.