SUSTAINING TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING (TVET) AS FUNDAMENTALS FOR SUSTAINBLE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA

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Abstract The social, economic and environmental objectives of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) are in tandem with the provisions of effective Technical and Vocational Educational and Training (TVET) programmes. This makes the TVET programmes fundamental towards achieving national development goals and its sustenance in Nigeria. The impact of TVET is in every home in the globe because we can see, feel and touch the effect of technology in all the nooks and crannies of our environment. The present global discourse is on sustainability as man continues to conquer the environment to suit his dynamic needs. The paper appraised educational systems of both developed and developing countries indicating the integration of TVET in their dual systems, which could be learnt by Nigeria. Strategies that could facilitates the sustenance of TVET programmes in the country such as, creating harmony among stakeholders, integration of the formal and informal TVET programmes and entrepreneurial education were suggested among others. The paper further suggests that TVET goals should be integrated and domesticated to conquer our natural environment in harmony with our dynamic needs.

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