NBTE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY ENCOURAGES NIGERIA TO ADOPT EASTERN DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES.

Jan 28, 2025 10:40 AM


Professor Idris Mohammed Bugaje, the Executive Secretary of the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), has urged the federal government to consider Eastern development strategies for Nigeria's growth and rediscovery.


Professor Bugaje made this statement in Kaduna on Monday while inaugurating a workshop aimed at developing National Occupational Standards and National Skills Qualification for 25 occupational areas.


The six-day workshop, organized by the NBTE in collaboration with the Innovation Development and Effectiveness in the Acquisition of Skills (IDEAS) Project, brought together experts from the technology industry to develop these standards.


During the workshop, Professor Bugaje emphasized the importance of repositioning Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Nigeria for national improvement.


While commending the Minister of Education’s initiative to rebrand all Federal Science and Technical Colleges, the NBTE Executive Secretary suggested that Nigeria should leverage China’s Belt and Road Initiative.


Professor Bugaje stated, “The Minister's plan to make Technical Colleges attractive is commendable. At the Federal level, all Federal Science and Technical Colleges are being rebranded.


“Across the country, the government is introducing financial support from NELFUND. This includes funding for every student who enrolls in technical science colleges by covering their school fees, providing a certificate of NSQ, offering a monthly allowance, and compensating the master craftsman who trains them in the field.


“Soon, technical schools will become attractive. Currently, we are developing a proposal for the Minister for a Belt and Road intervention. This is a program that China has been promoting globally, building roads, railways, airports, and other infrastructures.


“The best way to support that infrastructure is to invest in TVET. The current infrastructure in polytechnics is inadequate. To fast-track TVET, we must re-engineer these technical colleges, introduce new infrastructures, and update outdated curricula with modern ones.


“China can assist us at a minimal cost without concerns about us surpassing them, unlike Western countries, which are cautious about allowing Africa to develop rapidly.


“Higher education originated in Africa, with the first three universities in the world located here. Western countries are always conscious of not allowing us to surpass them. While China may have its interests, they are not as detrimental as those of Western powers.


“For this reason, the NBTE is proposing a Belt and Road initiative to rejuvenate TVET infrastructure. This will ensure our technical colleges have new buildings and equipment, and our polytechnics will be reinvented to look better than any university in Nigeria.


“To rediscover ourselves, Nigeria needs to look towards the East,” Professor Bugaje concluded.


Earlier, Mr. Isah Suleiman, Managing Director of Talent and Skill Managers Limited and consultant for the workshop, mentioned that the participants are experts in 25 fields, including Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Agriculture, Mechatronics, and Fishery, gathered from across the country to develop the National Occupational Standards/National Skills Qualification for the 25 skills.


He noted that these efforts aim to address existing skills gaps in the country and tackle unemployment among the youth.

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