The Role of Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in TacklingUnemployment and Insecurity in Nigeria: A Review

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  • Daniel Uchenna Chukwu Author

Keywords:

TVET, Unemployment, Threat, National Security, Insecurity

Abstract

The need to tackle unemployment and its accompanying threat to national security has made TVET apriority in the education system of nations. TVET is a promising education programme through which theunemployed and economically inactive individuals are engaged meaningfully and made to contribute tonational development. However, abandonment of TVET has dampened the realization of its manypotentials. To date, no one has made effort to review the role of TVET in tackling unemployment andinsecurity. This paper presents a review of literature on unemployment, insecurity, and TVET inacademic journals. It has been found that poor industrial-based economy, pressure from rapidly growingpopulation of school leavers, inappropriate school curricula, corruption, and insecurity are the majorcauses of unemployment, which is a security threat itself. Recommendations are offered to ensure thatTVET approach is utilized in tackling unemployment and insecurity. This review provides a reference forpractitioners, policy makers and stakeholders on indispensable need for TVET programme in Nigeria.Again, the list of the causes of unemployment in this paper can be useful to scholars for further empiricalstudies.

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2023-12-12

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The Role of Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in TacklingUnemployment and Insecurity in Nigeria: A Review. (2023). INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION RESEARCH JOURNAL, 6(1), 15-24. https://iterj.org/pub/article/view/vol-6n1-art-2 (Original work published 2025)