The Tertiary Schooling Belief Fund (TETFund) and the Nigerian Academy of Engineering have established a collaborative partnership aimed toward addressing the urgent difficulty of expertise deficiencies in Nigeria.
Talking on the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in Abuja, Govt Secretary of TETFund, Sonny Echono, mentioned the time has come for Nigeria not simply to speak about Technical and Vocational Schooling and Coaching (TVET), however to take motion. Echono famous that successive governments, through the years, have been paying lip service to the promotion of TVET,
“Why do I say that? Our polytechnics, meant to be pillars of TVET on this nation, are providing programs that haven’t any bearing with TVET. The laboratories and workshops usually include out of date gear. Many would not have the requisite technical employees to man these services. We’re nonetheless grappling with the difficulty of energy and guaranteeing that educating and studying can happen,” he mentioned.
On his half, President of the Nigerian Academy of Engineers, Rahamon Bello, mentioned the occasion marked the start of a manner ahead in direction of bringing all companies and teams that will help authorities in entrenching TVET actions, as a way to fill present gaps for technicians and artisans.
Equally, the President of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), Margaret Oguntala, mentioned there can’t be nationwide growth with out engineering and technical schooling.
“To supply a bodily mass of individuals and their expertise for the work. TVET is a part of our strategic agenda. The NSE strategic agenda has 5 pillars, and TVET comes underneath group affect in pillar quantity 4,” Oguntala acknowledged.
