Vocational education as a tool for sustaining Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and National Economic Empowerment Development Strategy (NEEDS) in Nigeria.
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2010
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Anyikwa, B.
Sule, S.A.
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. HERPNET– Kampala International University, Kampala, Uganda
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‘The empirical study examined the roles of vocational education in the sustenance of Millennium Development
Goals (MDGs) and National Economic Empowerment Development Strategy (NEEDS). MDGs and NEEDs are government deliberate policies to ameliorate or eradicate poverty in Nigeria. In order to accomplish this,
four research questions were generated. A sample of 300 teachers was drawn from a population of 1,950 Secondary
School Teachers in Lagos State, through the method of simple random sampling. Data were obtained through a
carefully structured and validated questionnaire. The data thus obtained were analyzed using descriptive statistical
method such as percentage and frequency. Based on the result of the analyses the study confirmed among that students’ as well 1s government affect the implementation of education programme. in Secondary Schools. Consequence upon these, recommendations were made.
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Anyikwa, B. & Sule, S.A. (2010). Vocational education as a tool for sustaining Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and National Economic Empowerment Development Strategy (NEEDS) in Nigeria. Journal of Educational Review of Higher Education Research and Policy Network (HERPNET), 3(4), pp. 531- 538