Reinventing Appropriate Strategies for Curriculum Development and Implementation in Technical Vocational Education and Training in Nigeria for Global Competitiveness

Technical Vocational education and Training (TVET) has been accepted the world over as a vital tool for achieving sustainable development and global competitiveness. However, TVET in Nigeria are faced with enormous issues such as inadequate funding, inadequate human resources, poor infrastructural facilities, among others which are militating against TVET as a means of achieving sustainable development and global competitiveness. Towards addressing these issues, there is need to embrace global partnership for quality TVET. Hence, this paper examines the concept of TVET, the teaching structure of TVET under the Nigerian Education system with a view to reinventing appropriate strategies for development and implementation of an effective curriculum that will bring about qualified and well trained professionals of for sustainable national development and global competitiveness.