Strategies in Improving the Policy and Access To Technology Education In Secondary Schools In Nigeria

Abstract

Education in the colonial period of Nigerian history was too theoretical and literal in nature. The policy of education at that time did not see the needs of the country’s technological emancipation. Due to yearnings of Nigerians about the insensitivity of the educational system to societal needs, a national conference was held in 1969 to reform the educational system. The outcome of this meeting gave rise to the new National Policy on Education which came on board in 1977 (revised in 1981, 1998 and 2004). This gave rise to the 6-3-3-4 system of education emphasizing the importance of technology education. A lot of faults were detected which opened an avenue for the 9-3-4 system of education. It is found that this most recent system was bedeviled with a lot of challenges. This paper makes a case for how these hydra-headed problems could be abrogated and suggested strategies on how the current system of education could be moved forward abinesio, the UBE programme in Nigeria.