Vocational content in the national curriculum for Nigerian Secondary Schools: How industry can help

Abstract

Abstract In spite of the fact that the Federal Ministry of Education together with its designated agencies has done a good job of producing a vocationally related curriculum for Nigerian Secondary Schools, the ministry seems to have excluded a number of key issues as well as agencies in designing those subjects meant to prepare students for the world of work. The question this paper seeks to answer in the main is, ‘What role should industry in association with other related bodies play in the design and management of job related curriculum for the senior high school graduate?’. Essentially, the paper is to show how industry interacting with educational institutions and local communities can help bring about a curriculum that would best meet Nigeria's economic needs. This question is approached under a number of subheads.