CHALLENGES AND INNOVATIONS IN VOCATIONAL AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION IN COVID – 19 ERA IN NIGERIA
OBIYAI, K. K || OLISA, P. Y
Volume 10 Issue 2 2022
Abstract:
This paper addresses the challenges and innovations in vocational and technology education in Covid-19 Era in
Nigeria and hence, an in-depth analysis of the construct of vocational and technology education was examined,
with emphasis of its importance, challenges and as well as its conception of innovation and the challenges of using
innovatively strategic teaching practices during Covid-19 Era. Furthermore, the efficiency, sustainability of the
innovation brought about by Covid-19 suggests that a complete return to pre-pandemic vocational education policy
and practice is not to be reasonably expected. In conclusion, the paper stressed that innovation is the driving –
force behind the economic growth and key to solve further global challenges. And hence the need to repackage
vocational and technology education curriculum and programme in tandem with global trends in technological
breakthrough that characterize innovative era. The following recommendations were made among others that
states and the federal government of Nigeria should increase the budgetary allocations to vocational and
technology education sector. In a similar vain, the designers of vocational and technology curriculum should
consult widely with the native communities to be able to come up with an innovated curriculum that would raise a
new generation that would contribute immensely to the growth and development of the Nigerian nation.
