TVET AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION FOR JOB CREATION AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA

Abstract

This paper examined Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) as tool for job creation and national development in Nigeria. Since the nation is presently faced with challenges of unemployment, uncertainty, and poverty, the study observed that one of the most proficient ways to provide employment is to develop efficient Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET)as a tool for national development. The objectives of TVET includes job creation and service delivery which also develop the mind-set of an individual to undertake the risk of business enterprise by applying the knowledge and skills acquired through TVET programs. The paper identified challenges facing TVET such as policy instability, inadequate funding, lack of trained teachers, and non- availability of equipment. The paper recommended that the curriculum at all levels of education should be TVET based and that all stakeholders and government should provide enabling environment for the development of TVET needed for economic job creation and national development in Nigeria.