No Accreditation for Schools Without Skill Acquisition Centre – NBTE

The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE)  has said there won’t be  accreditation of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions with no skill acquisition centre

NBTE Director of Polytechnic Programmes, Mr. Ngbede Ogoh said this while responding to questions from journalists recently in Ibadan.

He said that skills acquisition centre was critical to the training of youths to fit into the modern economy.

Ogoh maitained that the priority and focus of the board had changed to developing skills among Nigerian youths to make them relevant to the current global trend and development.

“The NBTE has shifted its focus to skills and not just degrees with a view to transform the TVET sector into producing graduates who can fit into the modern economy.

“You can have multiple degrees, but without skills – soft or hard, you are not going to go anywhere in the world.

“The currency for development of any nation currently is the skills that the youth or the citizens possess,” he stressed.

The NBTE boss said that the board has recognised the importance of skills for national development, adding that TVET institutions must key-in to the promotion of skills not degrees