The Speaker of the Oyo State House of Assembly, Hon Adebo Ogundoyin has emphasised the relevance of technical and vocational education, saying that if it is given the attention it requires, unemployment and poverty would be drastically reduced in Nigeria.
Ogundoyin stated this while commenting on a motion brought by Hon Oluseyi Adisa representing Afijio State Constituency, on the need to improve technical and vocational education in the state to enhance youth development.
The Speaker noted that technical college should be given the need support and attention to enable it meet the manpower needs of the society.
Adisa, while presenting the motion, had earlier identified poor funding, inadequate staff and lack of necessary infrastructure as problems confronting the five government technical colleges in the state, adding that to foster youth employment and entrepreneurship in the state, the problems confronting technical education must be addressed.
The House, in its resolutions, directed its Committee on Education, to furnish it with the state of technical colleges in the state as well as intimating it about the efforts of Governor Seyi Makinde-led administration to improve vocational and technical learning in the colleges.
The House also urged the government to urgently constitute the Board for Technical Education, release fund for the board to procure equipment to facilitate effective instructions and learning and equally take proactive measures to accredit courses offered at the colleges.
It equally called for a working relationship between the colleges and established companies to providing internship opportunity for students of technical schools
