The Lagos State Authorities says it is going to set up 5 further technical faculties, bringing the full quantity to 10 throughout the 5 divisions of the state, in a transfer to deepen technical and vocational schooling and scale back unemployment amongst youths.
The state’s Commissioner for Primary and Secondary Training, Mr. Tolani Alli-Balogun, disclosed this in the course of the 2024 Lagos Youth Abilities Day held in Ikeja.
The occasion was themed “Equipping Tomorrow’s Leaders with Abilities for a Brighter Future.”
Based on the Commissioner, the brand new faculties have been permitted by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu following consultations on the necessity to scale up technical coaching throughout Lagos.
“We met with the governor, who stated creating extra technical faculties to the prevailing 5 was overdue. No nation has ever developed with out enter from technical faculties,” he stated.
He added that the lack of information amongst mother and father and native communities has affected enrollment and notion of vocational schooling, saying extra engagement is required on the grassroots degree.
“Native governments, the group, and CDAs must be educated on the significance of enrolling their kids in technical faculties. Many mother and father will not be enlightened on the significance of technical schooling,” Alli-Balogun said.
Talking in the course of the breakout session, entrepreneur and furnishings maker, Mrs. Feyisola Abiru, applauded the initiative, noting that investing in technical schooling would elevate nationwide productiveness and youth employability.
“The youth are the way forward for the nation, and the extra we give attention to growing their abilities, the extra we enhance the productiveness of the nation. Technical faculties are the way forward for the nation… the standard of our merchandise might be enhanced,” she stated.
Additionally talking, the Govt Secretary of the Lagos State Technical and Vocational Training Board (LASTVEB), Mrs. Ronke Azeez, famous that the World Youth Abilities Day, celebrated each July 15, was a possibility for Lagos technical faculty college students to hold out volunteer group service initiatives.
“What I realised is that our youths are very savvy. They’re in tune with what’s going on of their surroundings. Our youth perceive the necessity for numerous abilities to remain aggressive within the twenty first century,” she stated.
Azeez, nevertheless, known as for extra authorities funding in infrastructure, together with web entry, digital instruments, and equitable studying amenities, to assist younger individuals thrive in technical fields.
The Senior Particular Assistant to the Governor on Technical Training, Mr. Omotola Giwa-Moore, stated the Lagos Youth Abilities Day was designed to boost consciousness and drive dwelling the relevance of vocational schooling in addressing youth unemployment.
Realtor and entrepreneur, Dr. Saheed Mosadoluwa, who as soon as labored as a bricklayer, urged younger individuals to shun social vices and give attention to ability acquisition.
College students from 5 present Lagos technical faculties in Ikotun, Ikorodu, Odomola-Epe, Ado-Soba, and Agidingbi, participated in a debate on the relevance of technical schooling to Nigeria’s nationwide improvement.
