EDUCATION: FG Approves 4 Private Polytechnics, 34 Innovation & Vocational Enterprise Institutions
The Federal Government on Thursday in Abuja presented operational
licences to four new private polytechnics and 34 Innovation Enterprise
Institutions and Vocational Enterprise Institutions.
The new polytechnics are:
Nacabs Polytechnic, Akwanga, Nasarawa State;
Uyo City Polytechnic, Akwa Ibom State;
The Polytechnic Igbo-Owu, Kwara State and
Balmor Polytechnic, Ibadan, Oyo State.
Speaking at the licence presentation in Abuja, the Minister of
Education, Ibrahim Shekarau, said that the move was in tandem with the
quest by the Federal Government to build skilled manpower for the
country.
He said the polytechnics, IEIs and VEIs were expected to focus on
applied learning that would be relevant to the development needs of
the country.
The Federal Ministry of Education and the National Board for Technical
Education had subjected the institutions to full scrutiny before
granting them approval." Earlier, Masa'udu Kazaure, the Executive
Secretary of NBTE, said VEIs and IEIs were institutions inaugurated by
the Federal Government to provide alternative route to higher
education.
He said IEIs and VEIs were private institutions that would offer
vocational, technical, technology or professional education and
training at post-basic and tertiary levels.
"The Federal Government, in realisation of the need for appropriate
manpower to the developmental needs of the country, opened the way for
the private sector to participate in technological drive," he said.
According to him, the enterprise institutions will equip secondary
school leavers and working adults with vocational skills and knowledge
to meet the increasing demand for the country's technical manpower.
Mr. Kazaure said that the objectives of the VEIs and IEIs were to
widen access to vocational education and offer credible alternative to
higher education through the provision of relevant industry-specific
employable skills and operational guidelines.
He added that the VEIs/IEIs initiative was conceived to address major
problems confronting technical and vocational education in the
country, among which, was the mismatch between the training provided
and the needs of employers and industries.
licences to four new private polytechnics and 34 Innovation Enterprise
Institutions and Vocational Enterprise Institutions.
The new polytechnics are:
Nacabs Polytechnic, Akwanga, Nasarawa State;
Uyo City Polytechnic, Akwa Ibom State;
The Polytechnic Igbo-Owu, Kwara State and
Balmor Polytechnic, Ibadan, Oyo State.
Speaking at the licence presentation in Abuja, the Minister of
Education, Ibrahim Shekarau, said that the move was in tandem with the
quest by the Federal Government to build skilled manpower for the
country.
He said the polytechnics, IEIs and VEIs were expected to focus on
applied learning that would be relevant to the development needs of
the country.
The Federal Ministry of Education and the National Board for Technical
Education had subjected the institutions to full scrutiny before
granting them approval." Earlier, Masa'udu Kazaure, the Executive
Secretary of NBTE, said VEIs and IEIs were institutions inaugurated by
the Federal Government to provide alternative route to higher
education.
He said IEIs and VEIs were private institutions that would offer
vocational, technical, technology or professional education and
training at post-basic and tertiary levels.
"The Federal Government, in realisation of the need for appropriate
manpower to the developmental needs of the country, opened the way for
the private sector to participate in technological drive," he said.
According to him, the enterprise institutions will equip secondary
school leavers and working adults with vocational skills and knowledge
to meet the increasing demand for the country's technical manpower.
Mr. Kazaure said that the objectives of the VEIs and IEIs were to
widen access to vocational education and offer credible alternative to
higher education through the provision of relevant industry-specific
employable skills and operational guidelines.
He added that the VEIs/IEIs initiative was conceived to address major
problems confronting technical and vocational education in the
country, among which, was the mismatch between the training provided
and the needs of employers and industries.
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