TECHNICAL VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING SKILL NEED ANTICIPATION FOR FUTURE JOB CREATION

Abstract

This study was carried out to indentify the future skill needs for job creation. Three research questions were formulated to guide the study. A structured questionnaire of forty-one item (41) items was used to elicit response from forty (40) respondents comprising of TVET lecturers from Kogi State College of Education Ankpa and Kogi State College of Education Technical Kabba. The data collected were analyzed using mean to answer the research questions. The findings of the study revealed the future skill need, required for future job creation include social skill such as team working skill, management skills such as;  Strategic and visionary skills,  Coaching and team building skills, among others . Based on the findings, it was recommended that demand driven TVET be encouraged and practiced by training institutions to prevent skill mismatches, skill surpluses and skill shortages. The researcher as well recommended that the concept of workplace training should be part of government policies and practiced by the employers of labour to build capacities of employee in case of workplace skill changes.