Technical and Vocational Education Facilities: A Case of Concern in the Education Reform Agenda

Abstract

This paper aimed at high lighting the unwanted effects of lack of tools in workshops as it affects skills acquisition. It elucidates aspects such as: empirical analysis of workshops situations; importance of workshop tools; the consequences of ill-equipped workshops; the index of self-reliance. It recommended among others that, government should make frantic efforts to provide institutions with functional machine tools, hand tools and make available funds for the smooth running of workshops in general.