Nigerian govt revives scheme for training technical education teachers

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The scheme aims to produce more teachers for technical and vocational education in basic and post basic schools.

The Nigerian government has started the resuscitation of the technical teacher training programme .

He said the Federal Government introduced the initiative in 1970 to promote the acquisition of technical and vocational knowledge and skills based on the introduction of the National Policy on Education. “To further fast track the implementation of the TTTP, Nigeria signed a bilateral agreement with the government of United States in 1981 to train 500 technical teachers annually for a period of 10 years.””However, after running the Programme for six years, the agreement was reviewed and the training commenced locally in selected institutions in the country with the Department of Technology and Science Education coordinating.

He called on the committee members to promote synergy among stakeholders to produce middle-level manpower for Nigeria.

 

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