Governor
Obaseki addressing the participants
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has identified Technical and
Vocational Education Training (TVET) as a vital key to ending youth
unemployment in Nigeria.
Obaseki made the call while flagging off a 3-day Technical and
Vocational Education Training Workshop in Benin on Thursday. He noted that the
training would also help stem the tide of migration of youths to foreign countries
through dangerous routes.
Governor
Obaseki and Chairman of the Workshop, Prof. David Awanbor
Edo
State Chief of Staff, Taiwo Akerele and Head of Service, Gladys Idahor
The workshop, with the theme; “Revamping Technical and Vocational
Education in Edo State” which is in line with the vision of his administration
to revamp technical education in the state was inspired by low human capacity
development and general depreciation in technical and vocational based
education.
He regretted that the situation had created a huge gap in the
system noting that "there is no technical manpower to fill the growing
technical demands of the modern economy and called for the incorporation of
entrepreneurial education as an integral component of Technical and Vocational
Education in the state.
He also made it known that a substantial amount had been voted in
the 2017 budget for the development of technical and vocational schools in the
state.
The governor therefore called on experts gathered at the workshop
to use the platform to deliberate on the way forward in revamping TVET in the
state.
The chairman of the Strategic Planning Committee, Prof. Julius
Ihonvbere and the Chairman of the Workshop, Prof. David Awanbor said they were
optimistic that the workshop would achieve its aim.
They said that the participants were to come up with what will
serve as a guide to the state government on how to revamp Technical and
Vocational Education in the state.
Also speaking, the Registrar, National Board of Technical
Examination Board (NABTEB), Prof. Ifeoma Isiugo-Abanihe described the workshop as an epoch-making
one as technical education remains the fastest way to develop a state.
The 3-day workshop which started on the 22nd of
February, 2017 ended on 24th of the same month.
REPORT BY KINGSLEY UCHEGBU
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