Research
The Role of Technical and Vocational Education in National Development
Education, especially technical and vocational education is central to national development of fast developing countries such as the “Asian Tigers “. In Africa and Nigeria in particular, the adoption of technical and vocational education has not been given environmental recognition. This paper argues that the acquisition of technical and vocational skills education system propelling self reliant development. This paper seeks to understand the role of technical and vocational educations have in national development. The paper examines the problems of technical and vocational education in Nigeria.
Business Education a Panacea for Growth of Small and Medium Enterprise and National Development in Nigeria
This paper examined the business education as a panacea for growth of SMEs and national development. The study basically assessed the relationship between SMEs and employment creation as a driving tool for national development as well as the role of business education in national growth and development. The study found that SMEs proffer solution to the lingering problem of poverty and unemployment, while business education plays a vital role in national development in areas of employment generation, industrial development, entrepreneurship strategy, and poverty reduction, promotion of the Nigeria economy, culture and value. The study identified unqualified teachers, obsolete technologies, the size of business classes and poor funding as main challenges of business education and recommended that government should properly and adequately fund business education through increased budgetary allocation and made compulsory at all levels of education with the use of appropriate technologies.
An Appraisal of the Universal Basic Education in Nigeria
The Universal Basic Education (UBE) Programme could not have been introduced at a better time than now that the nation is in dire need of all round National Development. The major objective of the UBE programme is the provision of free, universal and compulsory basic education for every Nigerian child aged 6—15 years. However, for the Universal Basic Education programme to be truly free and universal, efforts must be made to check those factors that are known to have hindered the success of such programmes in the past. This paper specifically considered the implementation of Universal Basic Education (UBE) so far-.its success and problems. Relevant recommendations are therefore proffered.
