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Edo State Government, in collaboration with United Nations Children’s Funds (UNICEF) and others, has introduced digital learning into technical and vocational schools across the state.
The state’s Special Adviser on Media Projects, Mr. Crusoe Osagie, quoted the Commissioner for Education, Dr. Joan Osa Oviawe, in a statement, yesterday, as disclosing this while delivering her welcome address at a two-day Edo State Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Conference in Benin City.
The conference had the theme: “How Can State and Non-State Actors Promote Demand-Driven Quality TVET?”
According to the commissioner, Governor Godwin Obaseki’s government is taking critical steps to reform the TVET sub-sector in Edo State, saying that the construction of 20 new TVET schools across the state’s 18 councils will begin this year.
She said: “We have introduced digital learning into our TVET schools in partnership with UNICEF and Nigerian Learning Passport. We are using two schools as a pilot phase, namely Benin Technical College and Usugbenu Technical College, Irrua. The goal is to ensure all our TVET students are digitally literate.
“As part of the ongoing reforms of our TVET sub-sector by our board, we have identified about 17 industries from oil and gas to the creative industries, among others, that we want to train our young people for. Going forward, it’s going to be about practical and skills.
“Our board of TVET is serious about working with our master craftsmen and women and the private sector to start formalising the non-formal apprenticeship sector. If we are able to formalise our informal sector, it’s going to be beneficial to our youths.”
In his goodwill message, Senior Education Specialist at World Bank, Dr. Tunde Adekola, congratulated Edo State Government, GIZ-SKYE and other partners for the conference, assuring them of World Bank’s support to promote and develop technical and vocational education in the state.
He said: “World Bank is ready to work with Edo State Government, relevant partners, and stakeholders to improve TVET in Edo State and Nigeria. We must collaborate with the formal and informal sectors to ensure success in our TVET system. If state actors work with development partners, it will improve TVET.”
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