Challenges of Technical and Vocational Education in Nigeria

Abstract

This paper reviews the Challenges of Technical and Vocational Education in Nigeria. The paper discusses the issue of increasing rate of unemployment in the country as a neglect of this programme by both government and citizens of Nigeria. Challenges of Technical and Vocational education programmes in Nigeria are identified to include Institutions’ Leadership and Priority, Inadequate Supply of Technical Teachers, Inadequate Provision of Instructional Materials and Workshop Facilities, Inadequate funding, Social Appraisal or Poor societal perception, Too much emphasis on University education/Paper Qualification/Certification, Lack of partnership or collaboration of private sectors, Poor Practical/Technical Skills, Terrorism/Insecurity, Weak monitoring and evaluation, Epileptic power supply, Information and Communication Technology and Proliferation of Educational Courses in Colleges of Education (Technical) in Nigeria. Recommendations were also made.