TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS IN TVET FOR JOB CREATION AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

This paper examined technological innovations in TVET for job creation and national development. It posits that education is veritable tool for any country’s development. Therefore, the paper revealed TVET as an educational concept mapped out to ascertain skilled manpower that can foster the self-dependency of Nigerian citizens as well as aid them to contribute to the desired national development. Furthermore, the paper outlined the various constraints foiling national development in Nigeria, as an African nation. Considering these constraints, the study solicited the use of TVET as an educational programme to foster national development but the envisaged challenges of TVET in the Nigerian terrain has foiled its efficacy. Thus the study recommended the technological innovations in TVET for job creation and national development. This, the paper ensured, will foster the attainment of the objectives of TVET programmes in Nigeria. The role of TVET for job creation and national development was no doubt as the paper emphasized its significance in Nigeria’s quest for job creation and national development. Consequently, the contemporary changes in a world that is becoming technological has evolved a variety of lapses encompassed by TVET programmes in Nigeria, thus, the paper proffered recommendations that could help foster technological innovations in TVET for job creation and national development.