Re-Engineering Vocational and Technical Education in Nigeria for Greater Quality Service Delivery in the 21st Century for Sustainable Development

Saraswati College of Engineering is a leading Engineering Institute, established in the year 2004 by Hon. Prithviraj Deshmukh and Smt. Vrushali Deshmukh. The college is approved by AICTE, New Delhi and affiliated to University of Mumbai, India. The college campus is beautifully landscaped in a lush green stretch of land spread across Kharghar Hills, SCOE offers UG Engineering Courses in Civil, Mechanical, Electronics & Telecommunication, Computer, Automobile and Information Technology. SCOE also offers PG courses in Civil, Mechanical, Electronics & Telecommunication and Computer Engineering. SCOE is established with a purpose of imparting state of art technical education to aspiring engineers of 21st Century. Efforts are taken by enhancing the employability & skills of students to bridge gap between Industry & Institute.

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Re-Engineering Vocational and Technical Education for Sustainable Development in North Central Nigeria

Makerere Journal of Higher Education ◽

10.4314/majohe.v7i1.5 ◽

1970 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 53-66

Author(s):

AO Sofoluwe

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Labour Market ◽

Random Sample ◽

Technical Education ◽

Job Creation ◽

The Other ◽

North Central ◽

Pearson Product Moment Correlation ◽

Self Employment ◽

Vocational And Technical Education

Using the case of North Central Geo-Political Zone of Nigeria, this study interrogates the nexus between vocational and technical education (VTE) and sustainable development. Specific attention is put on provision and attainment of basic skills on one hand and job creation, self-employment, utilization of locally available resources, provision of technology and capital formation on the other hand. Data were collected from a stratified random sample of 36 out of the 98 schools in the region. The data were collected using a VET Sustainable Development Questionnaire (VTESDQ). Four hypotheses were tested at the .05 level of confidence using Pearson Product Moment Correlation. The findings were that VTE significantly affects sustainable development. It is recommended that: 1) the content of VTE be related to the requirements of the labour market; 2) VTE institutions be established close to the rural populace; and 3) the study programmes VTE institutions offer reflect the community’s culture.Keywords: Vocational and Technical Education; Sustainable Development

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A Policy Brief on Vocational and Technical Education in Turkey

Academic Perspective Procedia ◽

10.33793/acperpro.04.03.10 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 4 (3) ◽

pp. 41-45

Author(s):

Hilal Ayan Karabatman

Keyword(s):

Information Technology ◽

Educational Policy ◽

21St Century ◽

Technical Education ◽

Educational Policies ◽

Production Methods ◽

Knowledge And Skills ◽

Vocational And Technical Education ◽

Education In Turkey

The importance of vocational and technical education (VTE) is increasing in response to the rapidly changing information, technology, production methods, and developments in every aspect of life. The only way to survive in this age and to compete with this challenge is to continuously develop comprehensive educational policies that relate to each other (MoNE, 2018). In this sense, VTE has a very central role in providing societies with the knowledge and skills that the 21st century requires (Çınar, Döngel, & Söğütlü, 2009). For this reason, in educational policy discussions, an area that requires as much attention as other areas of education is VTE. This paper aims to review the current problematic states of VTE in Turkey and make recommendations for improving it.

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