Technical and Vocational Education: A Vital Tool for Youth Empowerment and Transformation in Nigeria.

Abstract

Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) is capable of economically empowering the Nigerian Youths that are involved in the incessant cases of armed robbery, cultism, rape, Boko-Haram syndrome among others. These restiveness and restlessness among the youth could be attributed to unemployment, underemployment, lack of possession of saleable skills and the likes. Many Nigerian Youths are idle and an idle hand is a devil’s workshop. This paper addressed the issue of TVET; benefit of empowering Nigerian youths and impact of technology on youth empowerment in Nigeria. The recommended among others, there should be policies that will promote in Nigeria. This recommended among others, that there should be policies that will promote TVET programmes which are capable of empowering the society with skills and competencies that could lead to youth empowerment for National transformation.