Public Private Sector Participation in Education: a Panacea for the Provision of Facilities in Technical College in Nigeria

Abstract

This paper admits that sole financing of technical education by government has failed to provide needed facilities in technical college for effective learning to take place. A brief overview of technical education in Nigeria was discussed public partnership – The experience from other countries was reviewed. Strategies to attain the collaboration of public and private sector in Nigeria were discussed. Benefit of public private partnership were outlined and it was therefore, recommended that there should be an increase contribution by organised private sector (OPS) to the education tax find (ETF) in order to support the provision of facilities in technical college, Non-governmental organisation (NGOs) and community based organisations (CBOs) should be made to play a vibrant role as partners