TVET: 250,000 Nigerians undergoing skills training nationwide – Alausa

From Ndubuisi Orji, Abuja
The Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, has said more than 250,000 Nigerians were undergoing skills training under the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) initiative at about 1,200 centres across the country.
Alausa disclosed this while speaking with journalists after an engagement with the House of Representatives Committee on Federal Polytechnics and Higher Technical Education on Tuesday in Abuja.
The minister explained that the President Bola Tinubu administration has repositioned technical and vocational education as a critical component of Nigeria’s education system and strategy for addressing unemployment and the shortage of skille...