Evaluation of Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Graduate Employment Programme of Youth Empowerment in Niger State

Abstract

This study was conducted to assess youth empowerment skills development programmed in Niger state. To elicit the pertinent information for the study, four research questions were drawn on the criteria used in the selection of recruitment of trainers and trainees and the adequacy of the training programme, the problems militating against the development of skills, the achievements made by the Youth Empowerment Scheme (YES) and the fate or status of the trainees after graduation. The target population for the study consisted of trainers and trainees of the vocational and skills development programme of the Youth Empowerment Scheme (YES) in Niger state. Questionnaire were used to collect data for the study, the result of the responses were analysed using simple mean, standard deviation tools. The finding revealed the criteria used in the selection of trainers and trainees and the training programme as being adequate, the problem militating against the development skills in the Youth Empowerment Scheme (YES), the extent to which the Youth Empowerment Scheme (YES) has achieved its aims and objectives and fate and status of the trainees after graduation from the Youth Empowerment Scheme (YES) in Niger state. Recommendations were also made among which were that government should provide enough loans for the efficient running of the programme and also the provision of sufficient equipment for the training of the youth in Niger state.