Our focus is to increase TVET enrollment from 1% to 30% by next year. – Prof. Bugaje

By Auwal Ahmed Ibrahim, Goronyo

Today, in his remarks, the Executive Secretary of the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), Professor Idris M. Bugaje, said the Board’s focus is to increase enrollment of students in technical and vocational institutions from the current 1% to 30% by next year.

At the workshop, themed “Review and Development of National Occupational Standards/National Skills Qualification in 25 Occupational Areas,” the Executive Secretary commended the Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, for giving the NBTE Board all the needed support to restructure the TVET sector.

Prof. Bugaje said the Honorable Minister of Education had directly given permission for the review of education curricula to fit the employment needs of Nigeria.

“The Minister is a medical doctor, the Permanent Secretary is a medical doctor and this is is why we are having good development in the education sector,” Prof. Bugaje said.

TVET is moving at a fast pace in Nigeria and it will enhance Nigeria’s productivity, Professor Bugaje explained.

Prof. Bugaje said Nigeria must engineer its technical colleges to promote skills and provide jobs for technical and vocational graduates.

“Let us use our potential to develop Nigeria. We are proposing a bailout for our technical colleges so they can have everything needed to promote our TVET institutions. Because there is no country whose education is developed with the World Bank alone.”

Professor Idris M. Bugaje said the Ministry of Education has agreed that all technical college graduates must have dual certificates to empower our youth with skills competency.

In his statement, the Project Manager of the IDEAS PMU, Abbati Dawakin Kudu, explained that the purpose of the program is to develop and use effective ways to improve the skills system of Nigeria, which is sponsored by the World Bank.

Dawakin Kudu extolled the resource persons to use their potentials to design teaching curricula for skills candidates for qualifications from levels one to three of the National Skills Qualification (NSQ) framework. He emphasized that the country will be proud of these graduates.

In his goodwill message, Engineer Abdullahi Aliyu said the program plays a pivotal role in enhancing the productivity of Nigerian youths and meeting the needs of local industries.

Engineer Aliyu said that the “program is aimed at addressing numerous problems of our country and will be valuable for the development of Nigeria.”

“The outcome of our discussions will definitely be the pathway for the brighter future of our country,” Engineer Aliyu added.

Bode Francis explained that he is overwhelmed by the workshop organizers’ ability to improve the progress of Nigeria, which will benefit the development of the country. He appreciated the efforts of Professor Bugaje in acquiring a partnership for CNG car making.

The representative of the ICT Skills Council, Engineer Mustapha Habu, said the ICT Council is very happy that NOS is being developed for the sector, which will help in catering to industries.

Speaking on behalf of Skills Industries in Nigeria, Engineer Abubakar Sadiq appreciated the efforts put in by the Executive Secretary of the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) in helping the sector develop skill concepts that provide jobs for Nigerian youths both at home and abroad.

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