RE-ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION TOWARDS ENHANCMENT OF CREATIVITY AND SECURITY FOR NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN COVID-19 PANDEMIC ERA
Okoye, P. I
+2348037588548 piz.okoye@unizik.edu.ng Department of Technology & Vocational Education Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria
Okonkwo, P. O
Department of Technology & Vocational Education Enugu State University of Science & Technology, Enugu
Onwusa, S. C
Department of Mechanical Engineering Delta State University of Science and Technology, Ozoro
The emergence of Covid-19 pandemic has evidently necessitated the quest for re- awakening and re-engineering of technical and vocational education (TVE) for effective learning, in order to stimulate the ailing economy for holistic national development. Apparently, the socio-economic and political situation in Nigeria appears discouraging as every sector of the economy inclusive of education seems to be collapsing at the altar of ill-governance and insecurity. Suffice that education, especially TVE which many schools of thought had globally ascribed a catalyst and a prime mover for technological advancement of nations, appears incapable of addressing sundry problems in Nigeria, including Covid-19 pandemic. Most prominent among such challenges are corruption, tribal jingoism, insecurity and unemployment. These challenges appeared to have defiled every available solution, thus making the future of the country seemingly bleak. Even the education system which ought to be spearheaded by intellectuals, are now under the dictates of uneducated and unpatriotic political jobbers intoxicated by the opium of power and vainglory, whom by their infamous actions fan the amber of underdevelopment, bad governance and terrorism currently ravaging the nation. Acknowledging the need to avert this situation, the paper advocates for a holistic overhauling of the polity and re- engineering TVE in order to save the economy from imminent collapse. Notably, no nation can advance beyond the quality of its education system, as no economy can progress significantly unless its educational framework encourages creativity. Against this backdropCOVID-19 pandemic, and as well proffered some recommendations.
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