The Executive Secretary of, National Board for Technical Education , Prof. Idris Bugaje has said that the board made a proposal for the provision of funding for National Occupational Standards and national skills to drive skills development at the highest point.
” Over the years, the NSQF was rolled out and the Sector Skills Councils were formed. And we would like Sector Skills Council ready to champion the promotion of skills. “And in the next 20 years, even universities overseas will be at a loss. I mean, they will be losers. They will not get students provided if they don’t change, if there’s no paradigm shift to skills,” he said.
Ajala said that schools were now involved in the teaching of skills through the integration of NSQF into trade subjects in secondary schools. ” The present curriculum will not address the market demands that are globally relevant and that will benchmark every child to be able to perform in the market place.