*Tasks them to embrace technical education

*As 154,000 candidates write 2023 NABTEB


By Joseph Erunke


ABUJA –THE federal government has advised Nigerians to embrace technical education where they will use skills acquired to earn a living, instead of depending on government jobs after graduation from school.

The government which reminded Nigerians that the world has moved beyond the days of white-collar jobs, tasked parents to encourage their wards to embrace technical education.

The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, David Adejo said this on Tuesday, after monitoring the ongoing National Business and Technical Examinations Board,NABTEB, in Abuja.

Adejo, who expressed satisfaction with the general conduct of the examination which began last week across the country, said registered students in some states were not allowed to write as the state government which registered them failed to release money for the examination.

He regretted that some state governments were owing the examination body so much that the decision had to be taken to recoup the amount.

Adejo however refused to mention the states involved and the amount being owed the examination body.

Noting that there is improvement in the 2023 examination,he said:” But I keep telling people that as Nigerians,we need to really embrace technical education. We really need to let our children know that the world has moved beyond the days of white-collar jobs. What you get today is what you can do with your hands. And at the pre-tertiary education level, the NABTEB provides that opportunity for training you to be business minded and technologically focused. That is the examination that assesses you to get to that place.

“Now, when you look at what is happening in our university system and our tertiary institutions, they are also diverting to doing innovation and entrepreneurship, that is what makes the difference. “



“Given that education is on the concurrent list,I want to plead with the state governors because some of them disadvantage their citizens from taking this opportunity. They agree to register students free of charge but they don’t pay these fees to examination body.

“A number of states were not allowed to write this examination because the states did not pay. And NABTEB has to take that decision because previously, they have been allowing them but the debt is growing. These examination papers were made with money, the monitoring is money, the marking is money and the release of results is money.

So the best the state could do is that if it agrees to register students, it should pay.

“But I’m very hopeful that with this set of governors, we’re going to get a remarkable change where no state government would owe any of our examination bodies money for their students”, he added.

Adejo explained the reason for embarking on the monitoring exercise:”We’re here from the Federal Ministry of Education to monitor this examination and the essence of this monitoring is to see how the process is going in terms of physical aspect of what happens and what most people don’t see in terms of marking and all others.

Although the examination started a little bit late. This is understandable because there was rain and the weather was not too conducive but I think five minutes late is not too bad considering the weather condition today.

“On the whole, I will say I’m satisfied because there are some things you look for when you are in the examination. First and foremost,are the question papers intact? Are the students who registered for the examination the ones writing it and not mercenaries? And that is done by crosscheck of your paper against the list, the register they have. And how’s the hall, does it provide the opportunity for cheating? So,I think so far,so good, it’s a good start for the examination this year.

Speaking also,the Registrar of, National Board for Technical Education, Prof. Ifeoma Isiugo-Abanihe, explained that registered candidates in some states were not allowed to write the examination because their state governors who registered them did not fulfill their payments.

She lamented the huge debts so far incured by some state governments.

He explained that'”Some states are owing us and this time, we refused credit so that action reduced the number of candidates writing the examination down. Nevertheless, what we have this year is 54,301. That is the exact number of candidates that enrolled this year.

” As you can see, this is a far cry and that’s to show you that we need to do more, we need to encourage technical education the more. We need more candidates because that is where you get the skills,”she said.

Explaining that the examination started last week across the country, she said:”So, we are one week now into the examination. This week is for our compulsory, general education subjects. As you can see, today is for English Language and tomorrow will be Mathematics followed by Economics on Thursday.”

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That's the mistake some parts of the country made, chasing white collar jobs when others were chasing apprenticeship and entrepreneurship.

But instead of taking corrections in 2023, they are hating others who were cheated off white collar jobs after the war.

Hope they can learn from this and heal themselves.

There is always a brown collar job for you unless you are lazy and have irrational pride.

Brown collar job is the big deal. There is alot of flexibility to your earnings.

Haaaaa

These ones are not ready to provide jobs oo.

Haha, those who benefit from government advantage will cry, only Igbos are the best prepared for Tinubu's government

That's the bitter truth,too bitter for many to swallow,but they keep deluding themselves.

Zxcvbnmghtr:
There is always a brown collar job for you unless you are lazy and have irrational pride.

Brown collar job is the big deal.

brown ?

Really?
That's not what they said in 2015

Another way of saying "renewed hope begins with you"

Other countries don't practice change or renewed hope with kidnappers bandits agbero police and more freely extorting "gentlemen".

I'm pretty sure David Adejo won't give out his daughter to someone who isn't white collared.

Issokay

Tinubu scammed agberos, miscreants and rascals that he will create 1 million jobs for them

They are not in the position to teach us these things, because they are all spending billions bribing their ways to blue collar positions.

Okay I think someone should remind the federal government that the world has also moved beyond BAD ROADS to accessible roads

World has moved beyond DARKNESS to improved electric supply.

Who else want me to continue the list

This is the way to go, technical skills are the fastest means out of poverty.

Where is Tinubu's plan for vocational and entrepreneurial education? Where are equipped schools for certifications?

Everybody just dey talk, msheeew!!!

Do the first thing first.

That’s if 30 thousand crew members will listen

Other governments of the world have also moved on from deceiving their citizens and looting their resources without pity....

Federal government will favour me and my family...

It's a shame to see young Nigerians nodding in agreement to the theatrics of a government that is already building grounds to excuse their failure in providing employment opportunities for its teeming and vibrant youths.

Politicians are telling you the world has moved away from white collar jobs and you're sheepishly nodding in agreement. The politicians who are spending their entire lives willing to die in political offices, and doing everything humanly possible to remain in those positions of power where they're being employed and feeding fat on our taxes, are they technically skilled? How many of their children are learning skills for survival and abandoning white collar jobs? Is it not their children and relatives that are occupying juicy positions in all the prestigious government agencies and organisations?

Yet they want to hoodwink you into believing you don't deserve those same lush jobs and you're being "clownish" enough to tag along like lambs to the slaughter.

Most Nigerians who leave the shores of this country to other countries, end up with white collar jobs, then pick up other informal jobs on the side to earn extra pay. But your government is convincing you that you don't deserve these jobs because they're failing to provide them.

I just pity the next generation of Nigerian children that we'll be bringing to existence.

No hope of creating jobs again?

festacman:
Where is Tinubu's plan for vocational and entrepreneurial education? Where are equipped schools for certifications?

Everybody just dey talk, msheeew!!!

Do the first thing first.

The informal Igbo apprenticeship is the largest business incubator in the world according to a research from Havard. Let other tribes be waiting for government vocational centers

E be like say na one chance bus we entered like this.