Vocational and Technical Education Journal

The study investigated 21ST Century TVET Policies and Practices in Nigeria: Challenges and Prospects. Two research questions guided the study. The population for the study was 62 consisting of 34 TVET lecturers and 28 professional staff from the faculty of Vocational and Technical Education University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Due to the manageable size of the population there was no sampling as the entire population was used. For effective investigation, a four point scaled questionnaire face validated by three experts and with reliability coefficient of 0.87 was used for data collection from the respondents. The researcher with the help of three research assistants administered the instrument to the respondents. The mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions. It was found out that lack of political will, insecurity in the country, inadequate number of TVET experts and resources, image of TVET in Nigeria, poor implementation of TVET policy documents, lack of legislation, insufficient funds among others were the challenges facing TVET policies and practices in Nigeria. The study further found out that provision of appropriate legislation, up-lifting the image of TVET, involvement of industries in development of TVET policies among others as the enhancement measures for efficient TVET policies and practices in Nigeria. The study therefore recommends among others that there should be establishment of national board for the implementation of TVET policies in all the six geo-political zones in Nigeria.

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