Rethinking Vocational and Technical Education Strategy through Community – Based Approach for Actualization of the Millennium Development Goal of Poverty Eradication in Nigeria

Abstract

In developing countries like Nigeria, every citizen has the right to learn in order to contribute effectively towards the growth of the society. In meeting the demand of the United Nations’ millennium declaration, Nigeria has embarked on many programmes to ascertain the task of reducing poverty in the country but yet poverty among the populace is still constraining the socio-economic development of the country. This paper examines the various governmental efforts to reduce poverty as well as draws attention to the possible ways of rethinking vocational and technical education strategy through Community – Based Approach (CBA) for actualization of the Millennium Development Goal of poverty eradication in the country. It recommends among others that more emphasis should be given to Community- Based Vocational and Technical Education (CBVTE)as a strategy for poverty eradication and as well, adequate motivation should be provided regularly in terms of credit loans and free incentives to graduate trainees of CBVTE programmes. This would encourage massive participation among trainees in the programmes and skills utilization after receiving training by the trainees and in turn, enable them to contribute their own quota towards the attainment of poverty eradication goal of MDG in the country.