Vocational and Technical Education Journal

It has been the earnest desire of Federal and State government to overcome the problem of unemployment in Nigeria which is one of their paramount goal. This paper tries to see how that could be overcome through the use of competency Based Education and Training into teaching and learning of TVET in Nigeria. This paper highlights concepts of Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) and Competence Based Education and Training, objectives of CBET, TVET Curriculum Design and Delivery to Meet the Labour Market, Programme Delivery using the Competence Based Education and Training (CBET) Approach, advantages of its to workers and Implications of Competence Based Education and Training (CBET) in Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) for Industry and Development in Nigeria. Recommendations are proffer among which was that CBET should be introduced into TVET curriculum in order produce competent graduates who will be able to face the challenges of the workforce.

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