VOCATIONAL EDUCATION TRAINING FOR POVERTY ERADICATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA

Abstract

Vocational education and training is very cardinal to sustainable development of a country. Training in general has potential benefits which accrue to the individual, organization and the nation in general.To the individual, vocational education training enhances their future earning potentials, career progression and employability. The paper argues that the individual or groups will need vocational education training in order to perform competently.With the vocational skill acquired, the individual can determine his own destiny. Because of the importance of vocational education skills to the individual, it is important that every individual access the training in order to contribute to sustainable development.Currently in Nigeria, not everybody is able to access modern vocational education training with the rise in population growth and economy going down, government is unable to offer social amenities. Even schools and colleges cannot match the rising population and as a result, only fewer people have access to the modern vocational education training.This paper therefore focused on the contribution of vocational education training towards poverty eradication and sustainable development in Nigeria in other to improve the economic status of the country and welfare of the people,which would eventually lead to job creation.It concludes that to solve the problem of widespread poverty, priority should be giving to vocational education training.

Keywords: Vocational education training, Poverty eradication, Sustainable Development.