Technical Vocational Education and Training and Local Technologies: A Panacea for Sustainable Entrepreneurship Skills Development
Okorieocha Christopher Ndudi and Vareba Saturday Samuel
Review I Published July,2016
Research Journal of Educational Studies and Review Vol. 2 (3), pp. 32-36.
ABSTRACT
The technological ability of citizens of a nation determines
the efficiency at which the nation harnesses her natural
resources or utilizes resources acquired from other nations.
Abundance of natural resources will not naturally transform
into wealth. Transforming the nations’ natural resources
requires knowledge and skills which has to do with local
technologies. Developing and adapting technology
indigenously for harnessing local natural resources is more
sustainable than importing finished products. Technological
vocational education and training (TVET) has remained one of
the effective means through which advance technology can be
achieved. The paper examined the vital role TVET plays in
developing required quality human knowledge and skills that
stimulate economic growth and development of a nation. The
paper concluded that the local technology if well harnessed
through TVET will provide entrepreneurial skills development
for the Nigerian youth and in the long run economic
stability for the country. It was recommended among others
that educational institutions offering TVET programme should
intensify efforts in carrying out local technologies related
research that will aid artisans and technicians in the job
market to increase their level of skill development on local
technologies.
Key Words: Local technologies, Sustainable
entrepreneurship, Skills development.
- Journal of Agricultural Science and Food Technology (JASFT)
- Journal of Medical and Biological Science Research (JMBSR)
- Journal of Scientific Research and Essays (JSRE)
- Research Journal of Educational Studies and Review (RJESR)
- Journal of Physical Science and Environmental Studies (JPSES)
- Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (RJET)
- Pearl Journal of Management, Social Science and Humanities (PJMSSH)