The Economic Impacts of Vocational Training in Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria

Abstract

Vocational training can be defined as an instructions intended to equip person’s for industrial or
commercial occupations. It maybe obtained formally in trade schools, technical colleges and technical
secondary schools or in on-the job training programmes or more formally by picking up the necessary
skills on the job. This will be an approach to economic planning that attempt to foster economic growth in
Nigeria. The focus of this paper is the economic impacts of vocational training in tertiary institutions in
Nigeria. The paper gives a brief detail of economic impacts of vocational training nationally and
internationally. It also discusses the importance of vocational training in tertiary institutions in Nigeria. It
also gives the concept of vocational technical education for sustainable development. The paper proffers
invaluable suggestions on how the federal government should ensure that the vocational technical
education and training for self reliance, as a tool for national development.