razznaija:

I think that we need schools that teach secondary school students trades in Nigeria, ??

razznaija:

I think that we need schools that teach secondary school students trades in Nigeria, do you all agree with me??

agitator:

It was out of the
This was the main reason for changing the school from the previous 6-5-4 system to 6-3-3-4 system

the former was 6-years compulsory primary, 5-years secondary school, then 4-years university,

and the later is 6-years compulsory primary, 3-years compulsory Junior secondary, 3-years senior secondary, 4-years university.

As a result of these compulsory introductory technology, business studies, and fine Arts were to be taught at JSS level and equipments were imported, ironically these equipments imported by the government couldn't be cleared at the ports where most were stolen and others rotted.

and with the lumping of the subjects the comprehensive secondary schools like the one i attended became useless.

agitator:

there are comprehensive secondary schools, craft centers and technical secondary schools, that take care of all you have mentioned, but problem is most are living in past glory as machinery, etc are obsolete or bad. No replacement plan. In my school we did woodwork, automech, applied electricity, home economics (preparing chin-chin, cakes, sewing-needle/machine, etc), typewriting & shorthand, FineArts (drawing, pottery, designing artistic objects with waste paper, sea shells), etc, plus all the regular secondary school subjects (sciences, arts, etc). when you get to higher class (class3) then you specialised, science, arts, technical, commercial, or combinations such as arts/commercial, science/technical, science/arts, etc

It was out of the
This was the main reason for changing the school from the previous 6-5-4 system to 6-3-3-4 system

the former was 6-years compulsory primary, 5-years secondary school, then 4-years university,

and the later is 6-years compulsory primary, 3-years compulsory Junior secondary, 3-years senior secondary, 4-years university.

As a result of these compulsory introductory technology, business studies, and fine Arts were to be taught at JSS level and equipments were imported, ironically these equipments imported by the government couldn't be cleared at the ports where most were stolen and others rotted.

and with the lumping of the subjects the comprehensive secondary schools like the one i attended became useless.

Hardeyorlah:

I did introductory technology,fine art,business studies nd home economics in my junior secondary school days which are vocational studies.

Hardeyorlah:

I did introductory technology,fine art,business studies nd home economics in my junior secondary school days which are vocational studies.

tunnytox:

Why are people displaying their ignorance about vocational schools? which functioning vocational school do we have in Nigeria? in fact some people's level of ignorance never cease to amaze me, how can you equate the current educational system to vocational school?

Why are people displaying their ignorance about vocational schools? which functioning vocational school do we have in Nigeria? in fact some people's level of ignorance never cease to amaze me, how can you equate the current educational system to vocational school?

A proper vocational school will be producing for Nigeria well trained mechanics, joiners, plumbers, carpenters etc if Nigeria have many of the schools and fund them properly we would have had better trained mechanics today not the roadsides one, for those who are involved in building properties in Nigeria you'll be amazed by the level of incompetence that many Nigerians carpenters, builders and plasterers have, they can't implement jobs properly with an excellent finishing touch and this is because they graduated from local apprentiship which does not provide proper and up to date training required to compete in this present age.

tunnytox:

Why are people displaying their ignorance about vocational schools? which functioning vocational school do we have in Nigeria?

nna_bu_ike:

Well if you lived in the U.S and the high school that you attended was a vocational school where students were taught; carpentry, pottery, fashion design, cosmetology, medical assistant, auto mechanics, auto body works etc.  and ended up studying nursing for three years you can't sincerely position yourself as an authority on Nigerian education unless your are a particularly simple somebody so no, I still don't agree with you!!


I am a product of the Nigerian education system when it worked the way that it was designed to work and I believe in it.  Even today where we do have problems in the system, it is still functional and not a complete failure as some would have us believe.

Vocational education belongs in a secondary school only as an introductory level just like all other disciplines and indeed that is the way it is done in most parts of the world, including in Nigeria.  As children grow, their natural intelligence/aptitudes become more pronounced, for example a child that was mathematically gifted may end up becoming weak in the subject so education at the secondary school level needs to be a sampling of as many fields as possible mostly at the introductory level.  There is no point in teaching only advanced maths/engineering in secondary school when at least 98% of those that you are teaching will not use what you are teaching for anything.  The same idea applies to vocational education.

If there is no vocational education in Nigeria, then where did all the electricians, mechanics e.t.c  that we have no short supply of in Nigeria learn their trade given that they did not school in U.S where they have vocational education but not in "nonsense Nigeria".

I hope that I have been able to make things clearer for you.

tunnytox:

Why are people displaying their ignorance about vocational schools? which functioning vocational school do we have in Nigeria? in fact some people's level of ignorance never cease to amaze me, how can you equate the current educational system to vocational school?

A proper vocational school will be producing for Nigeria well trained mechanics, joiners, plumbers, carpenters etc if Nigeria have many of the schools and fund them properly we would have had better trained mechanics today not the roadsides one, for those who are involved in building properties in Nigeria you'll be amazed by the level of incompetence that many Nigerians carpenters, builders and plasterers have, they can't implement jobs properly with an excellent finishing touch and this is because they graduated from local apprentiship which does not provide proper and up to date training required to compete in this present age.