Use of Career Education and Occupation Information Services in Boosting Enrolment into Vocational and Technical Education Programs in Nigeria

Autor/inn/en	Igbinedion, V. I.; Ojeaga, I. J.
Titel	Use of Career Education and Occupation Information Services in Boosting Enrolment into Vocational and Technical Education Programs in Nigeria
Quelle	In: International Education Studies, 5 (2012) 4, S.229-236 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1913-9020
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Career Education; Occupational Information; Information Services; Vocational Education; Technical Education; Enrollment; Influences; Secondary Education; Postsecondary Education; Nigeria + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Arbeitslehre; Berufsinformation; Informationstätigkeit; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Technikunterricht; Einschulung; Influence; Einfluss; Einflussfaktor; Sekundarbereich; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung
Abstract	The major thrust of technical and vocational education (TVE) worldwide is to address issues of youth unemployment, poverty and international competitiveness in skills development towards current and projected opportunities and challenges. The paper posits that despite the evidence of numerous reforms in vocational and technical education programs over the years, they still remain greatly detested by students and parents in Nigeria as evidenced in low enrolment when compared with sciences, engineering, banking and finance, and medicine just to mention but a few. This may be because of lack of understanding of the importance, scope and content of the program or lack of occupational information. Some wrongly view technical and vocational education programs as education for the handicapped or education for those who cannot cope with the sciences and social sciences. This paper therefore, examines the factors responsible for low enrolment into technical and vocational education programs, its implications for Nigeria and suggests how career education and effective occupational information service can help to stem this trend. It is recommended that career education should be used to create the necessary career awareness and occupation information made readily to students to enable them make informed career choices. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01