TECHNICAL VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING (TVET) - GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING PARTNERSHIP FOR NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

Unemployment of teeming population of Nigeria youth is one of the major problems hindering peaceful society and her economic development. One of the causes of this problem is poor orientation of youth on the benefits of Technical and Vocational Education and Training, as well as poor training program. Guidance and Counselling could be a potent tool to overcome this problem. This paper discusses the aim, the role, the benefits and services of Guidance and Counselling in TVET for national development. TVET is an integral component of lifelong learning and as such plays a crucial role in helping individuals and countries to achieve a culture of peace, environmentally-sound sustainable development, social cohesion and international citizenship. The youths are the backbone of the development of the country. Indeed, Nigeria should sustain a very good plan to tap the energy and resourcefulness of the youth population to fast track economic development. Urgently too, value reorientation should be provided for these youths in order to embrace TVET, and live up to expectations over the realities of TVET for national growth and development. This paper recommends a partnership between Guidance and Counselling and TVET for national Development.