Approaches for Bridging the Skill Gap of Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Graduates towards Economic Recovery in a Recessed Economy in Nigeria.
- May 30, 2022
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International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume VI, Issue V, May 2022 | ISSN 2454–6186
Owoso Joseph Oluropo (Ph.D), Chiso Njoku (Ph.D), CMRP.
Lagos State University of Education, Otto-Ijanikin Lagos State Nigeria
Abstract: This study investigated the strategies for bridging the skill gap of technical vocational education and training (TVET) graduates towards economic recovery in a Recessed economy. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design. Three research questions guided the study and the population of the study comprised of sixty (60) vocational and technical education lecturers in TVET departments in Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education, Ijanikin and Michael Otedola Primary College of Education, Epe. Fourty (40) questionnaires were administered to the respondents and three (3) experts were engaged for face validation of the instrument. Cronbach Alpha method was used to determine the reliability of the instrument at 0.86. The paper identified problem solving skills and personnel management skills as some of the skill gaps in TVET, the paper also identified making of Students’ excursion compulsory in the curriculum of TVET as one of the strategies in bridging the skill gaps among others, the paper went further to state that inadequate funding of technical and vocational education is one of the setback of vocational and technical education. The study recommended among others that TVET institutions should work out modalities for training and re-training of TVET teachers in a way that will benefit both the Institutions and Industries in Nigeria and there should be adequate monitoring and supervision of student on the job training as well as adequate funding of technical vocational education and training by government.
Key Words: Strategies, Skill Gap, TVET, Economy Recovery, and Recessed Economy.
I.INTRODUCTION
The role of technical vocational education and training in national development and economic recovery in Nigeria cannot be overemphasized. A nation that fails to pay attention to vocational and technical education is obviously doomed in this globalized and competitive economy. It is a well-known fact that education is an important ingredient of national development and integration and it is a process that aims at imparting knowledge, attitude and skills required in all spheres of life. Odukoya (2009), is of the view that the importance of education to the general well-being of mankind in which vocational and technical education falls cannot be overemphasized and that education is a fundamental human right. He further explains that the relationship between education and development had been established, such that education is now internationally accepted as a key
