Unemployment in Nigeria – Schools do not train students to be self-reliant but rather to be job seekers says minister

The endemic unemployment in Nigeria has been blamed on many students and graduateslacking basic occupational skills and inability of most secondary schools and tertiary institutions in the country to teach their students to be self-reliant but rather to be job seekers.

The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Works in the state, Dr. Ifreke Ekpa who stated this during the weekend at the first graduation of Slawd Peters Engineering Training School, Etinan affiliated to Rivers State Polytechnic, Bori, noted that “In fact, the problem of unemployment in Nigeria is because schools do not train students to be self-reliant but rather to be job seekers.

According to him, “Many able-bodied and highly qualified persons who could not secure gainful employment have remained economically dependent on their parents. This is because they lack the necessary occupational skills to be self-employed and to effectively function in today’s world.

“These occupational skills can be provided by technical and vocational education – that aspect of education that involves the acquisition of techniques and application of the knowledge of Science for the improvement of man’s surrounding.

via WorldStage News | Graduates’ lack of basic occupational skills blamed for endemic unemployment in Nigeria.