Poverty Reduction: Adopting Vocational and Technical Education as A Veritable Tool for Developing Youths for Gainful Employment and Self-Reliance in Nigeria (Published)
One of the targets of the nations of the world as prescribed in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is to terminate poverty by the year 2030. Less than a decade to the deadline for the realization of this laudable situation of “no poverty’ among the people in across the globe, the economic situation in Nigeria is such that more and more people are becoming poorer having weaker purchasing powers to cope with ever increasing inflation rates. Youth unemployment keeps increasing. The paper identifies the gap between the educational content to which most of the Nigerian youths are exposed and the required skills in the markets and industries; thereby resulting in unemployment and underemployment. Technical and Vocational Education with entrepreneurship training has been examined and presented as a more reliable educational model that better prepare youths for fulfilled employment and wealth creation. The paper suggests the roles of different stakeholders in ensuring poverty reduction.
Citation: Adekeye D.O. (2023) Poverty Reduction: Adopting Vocational and Technical Education as A Veritable Tool for Developing Youths for Gainful Employment and Self-Reliance in Nigeria, European Journal of Training and Development Studies, Vol.10 No.1, pp.22-28
Keywords: Nigeria wealth creation, Poverty, SDGs, TVE, Unemployment
Creativity and Innovation Through Technical and Vocational Education for Sustainable Family Survival in Nigeria (Published)
This paper examines importance of Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) as a means of sustaining most families especially with the increasing rate of unemployment in Nigeria. The inferiority myth attached TVET was properly analysed as most family in Nigeria believe in the inferiority myth that vocational and training are meant for people of lower aspiration or less academic abilities. The reality has proven otherwise as TVET is the key that transform the economic development of any nation, alleviate poverty and improve quality of life. Therefore, the orientations have to change, and its time for parents and guardians to encourage the children to learn skills and the government to mobilize resources and pay attention to vocational education as a sure way for family sustainability through personal creativity and innovations on the profession.
Keywords: Creativity, Economy, Innovation, Poverty Alleviation, Unemployment, Vocational education
Creativity and innovation through Technical and Vocational Education for Sustainable family survival in Nigeria (Published)
This paper examines importance of Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) as a means of sustaining most families especially with the increasing rate of unemployment in Nigeria. The inferiority myth attached TVET was properly analysed as most family in Nigeria believe in the inferiority myth that vocational and training are meant for people of lower aspiration or less academic abilities. The reality has proven otherwise as TVET is the key that transform the economic development of any nation, alleviate poverty and improve quality of life. Therefore the orientations have to change, and it’s time for parents and guardians to encourage the children to learn skills and the government to mobilize resources and pay attention to vocational education as a sure way for family sustainability through personal creativity and innovations on the profession.
Keywords: Creativity, Economy, Innovation, Poverty Alleviation, Unemployment, Vocational education
Understanding Graduate Employability: A Case of a Selected Higher Education Institution in Botswana (Published)
The issue of graduate employment has generated a lot of debate and has become a phenomenal theme of discourse across professional gatherings, political rallies, media, commentary reviews, national economic debates and social networks. In the context of Botswana, studies also show that the country is currently suffering from the twin challenges of shrinking economy and unemployment with the current national unemployment being pegged at 18% and rising while youth unemployment alone is at 34%. It is against this background that this study has been carried out to examine the employment status of graduates at a selected higher education institution in Botswana. A quantitative approach that employed a structured questionnaire was used in the study to collect data from a sample of 250 graduates who graduated between 2007 and 2014. Convenience sampling strategy was used to select the sample of respondents. Data collected was analysed using SPSS version 21. Results of the study showed that 65.3% of the students who graduated between 2007 and 2014 at the selected higher education institution are employed. The study further showed that graduates felt that some of the reasons for delayed employment had nothing to do with skills mismatch, experience or competition in the market but as a result of other issues. It was also shown in the study that the main method of seeking for employment was through the use of curriculum vitae (CVs)
Keywords: Employability, Graduate, Hard Skills, Soft Skills, Unemployment