UTILIZATION OF TVET FOR PROFFERING SOLUTIONS TO UNEMPLOYMENT CHALLENGIES OF ENGINEERING PROFESSION

Authors: Olakunle O. Joseph(Department Of Mechanical Engineering, Federal Polytechnic Ilaro Ogun State, Nigeria.) and Amit K. Sinha (Department of Mechanical Engineering, RVS College of Engineering and Technology Jamshedpur, India)

Journal:Nigerian Journal Of Techical Education | Volume: 22 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 170 - 184

Keywords:Challenges, Empowerment, Engineering, Skills, solution, TVET, Unemployment

Abstract

TVET is an acronym for Technical and Vocational Education Training. it is a kind of training and technical education that equips someone with the skills and knowledge to overcome unemployment challenges and achieve financial reliance in society. it is also used by the employed to create additional sources of income. TVET was unveiled in Seoul Republic of Korea in 1999 Theoretical knowledge alone in engineering programmes makes engineering graduates less than 35% employable. Many engineering graduates did not acquire practical, occupational, soft and technical skills duribg thier undergraduate study period. Ironically , engineerind graduateds and youths in Nigeria are not self -reliant entrepreneurial and economically self-sustained. The unemployment rate in Nigeria is affecting engineering graduates due to many industries and the manufacturing sector that have closed down resulting in job less and an increase in the joblessness rate in teh last decade rising 40% in 202. the research investigated how the acquisition of practical occupational soft and technical skills made graduates of engineering programmes self -employed, self-reliant and economically sustained . The skills were acquired during and after the engineering training in school througn TVET . The qustionnaire was administered to 10 garduates of engineers, technologists and technicians in four fields of engineering which are electrical and electronics, mechanical,civil and computer engineering. The graduates were not using the certificates they acquired in college to work. 100% of the graduate utilized the skills acquired through TVET for self-employment and economic sustainabiity . TVET has exceptional lifelong skills that are beneficila for economic sustainability. TVET proffered viable solutions to the challenges of unemployment among graduates of the engineering professions. TVET achieved its goals in employing the unemployed in society through entrepreneurship skills and would require government attention for better results