TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONALEDUCATION

In every economy, development is initiated by the practical application of scientific knowledge and such is best achieved by the basic knowledge from vocational technical educational skills which advances the economy. This paper examine and emphasis the importance of vocational technical education in Nigeria, its past, present and future. The reason for the missing of the technological development track that lead to the nation being a consumer nation rather than a productive nation that resulted to the nation importing most of the simple goods they consume ranging from tooth picks to machines, failure to develop vocational technical education has brought about bad economy, poverty, unemployment, and mass exodus of the youths to foreign lands for greener pasture, whereas other nations followed their technological development tracks that resulted to their greatness. Vocational technical education (VTE) is the type of education that prepares people to work in various jobs, such as trade, craft or technician. Vocational technical education is sometimes referred to as career education or technical education . A vocational school is an educational institution specially designed to provide vocational education. Vocational education can take place at the post-secondary, higher education level and can be through interaction with the apprenticeship system. At the post secondary level, vocational education is often provided by highly specialized trade, technical schools, community colleges, colleges of further education such as universities, Institutes of Technology/ Polytechnic Institutes until recently, almost all vocational education took place in the classroom, or on the job site, with students learning trade skills and trade theory from accredited professors or established professionals in the industry