RE-POSITIONING VOCATIONAL SKILL ACQUISITION: NEXUS FOR YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABLE POVERTY ALLEVIATION IN NIGERIA

W.L. Akintayo

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Akintayo, W.L. Department of Home Economics and Hotel Management, Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, Nigeria

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Vocational/technical education, youth, poverty alleviation, sustainable development

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This paper examines the importance of skill acquisition in vocational and technical education. Focus is on factors that hinder skill acquisition for job creation in vocational/technology education. It also ex-rays how proper positioning of vocational and technical education can serve as a means to eradicating the problems of joblessness, unemployment thereby ensuring sustainable economic development in Nigeria. The paper also advocates amongst others that governments at all levels – federal, state and local – in Nigeria should readdress their energies and interests towards vocational and technical education to empower graduates for self-relevance and for them to develop the needed skills for them to be employable.

Author Biography

Akintayo, W.L., Department of Home Economics and Hotel Management, Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, Nigeria

Dr. W.L. Akintayo is an Associate Professor in the Department of Home Economics and Hotel Management, Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, Nigeria

Email Address: akintayo2002@gmail.com Phone #: +2348033569358

RE-POSITIONING VOCATIONAL SKILL ACQUISITION: NEXUS FOR YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABLE POVERTY ALLEVIATION IN NIGERIA

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Akintayo, W.L., Department of Home Economics and Hotel Management, Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, Nigeria

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