Vocational Education: Pathway to Sustainable Economic Empowerment in Nigeria

Paul Binaebi Igbongidi

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Vocational Education: Pathway to Sustainable Economic Empowerment in Nigeria

Paul Binaebi Igbongidi

Published in International Journal of Vocational Education and Training Research (Volume 8, Issue 2)

Received: 13 September 2022 Accepted: 8 October 2022 Published: 21 October 2022

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It has long been believed that vocational education will eventually replace all other forms of education as the key to economic growth. The acquisition of applicable skills has been a source of sustenance at the individual level and is contributing to the broader national economic progress, according to several studies in the social and management sciences and education. The purpose of this qualitative study on vocational education as a route to national integration and economic empowerment is to ascertain how it can pave the way for economic growth. Therefore, the exact sectors, dimensions, features, or routes via which vocational education can enable such economic empowerment will be the focus of this study. As a result, the study concentrated on small and medium-sized firms as well as entrepreneurship as means by which vocational education promotes economic empowerment. Secondary sources were used as the method of data collecting. According to data, entrepreneurship activities help people become more economically empowered by ingeniously and intuitively creating business prospects that lead to job opportunities. It was also established that small and medium scale enterprises are the bedrock of any nation and the absence of these is capable of crumbling an economy. Accordingly, it was advised that vocational business education be reformulated to reflect current practices and events in the country based on the study's findings. This is done to make that the program achieves its intended goals.

Published in	International Journal of Vocational Education and Training Research (Volume 8, Issue 2)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijvetr.20220802.13
Page(s)	55-59
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Vocational Education, Pathway, National Integration, Economic Empowerment

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Department of Vocational and Technology Education, Faculty of Education, Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Nigeria

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