Abstract
The paper seeks to look into the subject of vocational and technical education in Nigeria the issues involved, challenges encountered and how it can get better. The purpose is to unveil education as an instrument for transformation, productivity and motivator for the betterment of individual who has passed through it. In this paper vocational and technical education can be seen as that aspect of education use to gear the preparation of skilled manpower towards nation’s development. Major constraints to vocational education such as nation’s growth and vocational technical education, job scarcity and severance of Nigerian youths, implication of technology on vocational education training, parental attitudes toward vocational education, vocational for secondary schools, vocational technology elucidation for present needs and redundancy expiration & engagement with vocational technical education were discussed. The paper concluded that Nigerians should give vocational technical education leverage in her educational system and some recommendations were proffered.
Highlights
Education all over the world has become an imperative possession if the generations that will understand the trend of all aspect of life that is, the political, economic, social, much more must emerge
Nigerians have historically considered vocational technical education (VTE) as an education program meant for low level, low brilliant and less privileged or second class citizens (Okoro, 1993; Eze & Okorafor, 2012)
Okocha (2009) stated that vocational education, which was designed to correct the lapses of the former system, is still boarded on ridicule, insolence because of society antipathy and parents avowed disapproval of discouragement of career training for their children in technical education
Summary
Education all over the world has become an imperative possession if the generations that will understand the trend of all aspect of life that is, the political, economic, social, much more must emerge. Research has showed that an averaged child with a sound knowledge in art &craft felt inferior to his/her counterpart who is a graduate. This syndrome has become the reason why our communities continue to produce half-baked graduate, who only sees in paper but cannot deliver when the practical aspect is being considered. Does this means that we have received education partially or what could the problem be? A case of Nigeria is an example, where every family wants to be proud of graduate at least but this has resulted to so many atrocities
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