Polytechnics Update!!!!

POLYTECHNICS and other technical institutions in Nigeria have been advised to re-design their curricular to meet the current needs of the productivesector and the quality of basic skills acquired by science and technology graduates at the university.
This was the recommendation of Professor Matthew Ilori of the African Institute for science policy and innovation (AISPI), Faculty of Technology, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, OSun State, last week while presenting a lead paper at the first International Conference organised by the Vocational Skills and Entrepreneurship study centre(VSESC) at The Polytechnic, Ibadan.
Professor Ilori who described Tehnical and VocationalEducation (TVE) and Entrepreneurship as an important elements within the National Innovation System (NIS) in terms of generating innovations,production of skilled technicians for the production sector and job creation in Nigeria, said the “Polytechnics’ graduates, though rated fairly adequate, but have not to the level of meeting the expectation of technical industry in Nigeria.
He said the TVE graduates work with scientist and researchers both in the academic and in the industry to generate research results, he however added that it is an important sub-element of the educational institution.
He said “entrepreneurship education will not only help pupils develop innovative skills but also provide complete entrepreneurialknowledge to keep up withthis entrepreneurship generation. It is an academic build up that is made up of all kinds of experiences that give students the ability and vision of how to access and transform opportunities of different kinds.”
In his opening address, the acting Rector of the Polytechnic, Ibadan, Mr Adebisi Adeniran, said the introduction of entrepreneurship education by the national Board for Technical Education (NABTE) into all tertiary institutions in Nigeria, will go a long way in solving unemployment crisis, social insecurity and other social menace in the country