Improving Human Resources through Technology and Vocational Education for Sustainable Development

Authors

  • Abubaka Mohammed Idris Department of Industrial and Technology Education, School of Technology Education, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger State, Nigeria
  • Abdullahi Mohammed Hassan Department of Industrial and Technology Education, School of Technology Education, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger State, Nigeria
  • Ossai Lawrance Osaigbovo Department of Industrial and Technology Education, School of Technology Education, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger State, Nigeria
  • Owolabi Christopher Department of Industrial and Technology Education, School of Technology Education, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger State, Nigeria
  • Leonard Ngwu Department of Industrial and Technology Education, School of Technology Education, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger State, Nigeria

Keywords:

National development, secondary school system, polytechnics

Abstract

Vocational/Technical Education which has been described as work oriented. It is the type of education that helps in generating human resources which will in turn contribute towards national development. The paper discusses the concept of Vocational/Technical Education and human resources development. It also discusses some problems bedeviling Vocational/Technical Education in relation to human resources development through Vocational/Technical Education.

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Issue

Vol. 17 No. 3 (2014): January 2014

Section

Articles