Empowering Vocational and Technical Education Teachers and Students Through Curriculum Implementation. Reforms for Attainment of Millenium Development Goals

Abstract

This paper was designed to look at the state of implementation of the curriculum in Nigeria educational
system. The paper x-rayed the national policy on education and the same time looked at the present
implementation programme on ground in different vocational and technical education institution in
Nigeria. The paper was addressed under the following sub-headings :(1) History of vocational and
technical education before the advent of British government in Nigeria.(2) Empowering vocational and
technical education teachers(3) Empowering vocational and technical education students (4) Vocational
and technical education curriculum and implementation instruction by teachers (5) Problems of teachers
for vocational and technical education(6) Vocational and technical education curriculum reforms: the
policy thrust for the attainment of millennium development goals (7) Vocational and education as the vital
transformation tool and a formidable instrument for teachers and students empowerment (8) Tertiary
education strategies for developing human resources for attainment of millennium development goals.
Based on these points the following recommendations and conclusions were made for the attainment of
the millennium development goals in Nigeria. Adequate attention should be given to the National Policy
on education framework by teachers for empowering vocational and technical education teachers and
students. The government of Nigeria should also give scholarship to students interested in vocational and
technical education in institutions selected by the government for effective training of teachers to empower
them for the attainment of millennium development goals. The government should recruit teachers and
also give in service training to the teaching force to enable them improve on their knowledge and skills.
Government should appoint vocational and technical supervisors and monitors from the federal, state and
local government to look at the present implementation programme of the schools at different levels and
so on.