TVET and Social Entrepreneurship for Advancing Innovation Creativity and Sustainability in the Polytechnic Education in Oyo State of Nigeria: Prospects and Problems

Abstract

The focus of the education sector is now on technical and vocational education and training.
(TVET), which are skill-based programmes. especially in polytechnic education. It is
expected that beneficiaries of these skills acquired social, commercial, and marketable skills
with TVET and be able to offer solutions to social, economic, and environmental challenges
without compromising the abilities of the future generation to meet their needs. One of
the most appropriate concept for meeting the need of humanity is TVET, hence the desire to
pursue it for attaining SDGs 4 and 8. This paper discusses TVET and social Entrepreneurship
embedded with innovation and creativity and argues that for TVET and Social Entrepreneurship
to effectively support Quality Education, Decent Work and Economic Growth. It must be
included in the curriculum and factored with entrepreneurial, Innovation and Creativity
relevant to the needs of emerging Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). The paper
suggest that these objectives are achievable within the National Skill Qualification Framework
promoted by the National Board for Technical Education through Polytechnic and Monotechnic
for all levels of industrialization and employment in Nigeria, and that graduates through this
framework will be in a better position to contribute to the optimal economic growth of the nation.