Challenges of Technical Vocational Teacher Education and Teaching in Nigeria: The Need for Intervention

Resource type
Journal Article
Authors/contributors
Title
Challenges of Technical Vocational Teacher Education and Teaching in Nigeria: The Need for Intervention
Abstract
This paper reviews the critical roles of Technical Vocational teacher education and teaching in Nigeria. The paper establishes a nexus between quality Technical Vocational teacher education and national development. Critical challenges to Technical Vocational teacher education programmes and the teaching profession in Nigeria are identified to include over-crowded classes for teacher’s trainees, inequity in urban/rural deployment of teachers, poor funding and inadequate facilities, low quality Information and Communication technology (ICT) compliance and non-professionalization of teaching in Nigeria. Recommendations which include, a standard class, equity in urban/rural deployment of teachers, training/or retraining of Technical Vocational teacher in qualitative Information and Communication technology (ICT), Technical Vocational teacher mandatory membership in professional organisation, periodic attendance and active participation at conferences, seminars and workshop were made.
Volume
3
Issue
7
Pages
12
Date
2017
Language
en
Library Catalogue
Zotero
Citation
Kennedy, G. W., & Udoetuk, U. S. (2017). Challenges of Technical Vocational Teacher Education and Teaching in Nigeria: The Need for Intervention. 3(7), 12.