COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS BETWEEN TECHNICAL VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING MODELS OF ASIA WITH NIGERIA

Dahiru Sale Mohammed

Abstract


The purpose of this paper was to compare the strengths and weaknesses of Asian Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) models in relation to their economic developments and to find out what Nigeria may likely learn from them so as to improve Nigeria TVET model for employment generation.  Some countries in Asian continent like China, Japan, Singapore and Malaysia have developed their TVET models and recorded increase in human development index. While,  Nigeria has developed her TVET model since late 1970’s and early 1980â€s but since 1980 to date, the country is recording increments in unemployment at all educational level including TVET at both secondary and tertiary levels . The idea was to see what makes Asian TVET model successful and how Nigeria TVET problems. The methodology employed in this paper was analytical method that compares the countries education and their social and economic development based on analytical review of literature which includes TVET models and economic developments.  Findings revealed that developed TVET models of continent of Asia are likely contributed to their human development, while Nigeria TVET model is likely attributed to its unemployment.


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