The Federal Government has reaffirmed its commitment to repositioning Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) as a key driver of Nigeria’s industrialisation, economic competitiveness and youth empowerment with the inauguration of the Governing Board of the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE).
Speaking during the inauguration of the Board in Abuja, Maruf Tunji Alausa, Minister of Education, said the move marks another milestone in the implementation of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda, which places education and human capital development at the centre of the country’s economic transformation.
Alausa said the administration is shifting Nigeria’s education system from an overreliance on paper qualifications to one that produces competent, innovative and highly skilled graduates capable of driving industrialisation, entrepreneurship and national productivity.
“Technical and Vocational Education and Training is no longer an alternative pathway to university education but a strategic national priority,” the minister said.
He noted that no country can achieve meaningful industrialisation without a strong base of technicians, technologists, artisans, fabricators, automation specialists, machine operators and other skilled professionals.
