TECHNICAL VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING (TVET): A PANACEA FOR SUSTAINABLE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN DEPRESSED ECONOMY IN NIGERIA

Education is seen and accepted globally as a veritable tool for productivity and sustainable development. In the 21" century emphasis should be on TVET in Nigeria so that the country can meet up with the challenges of time and also be self reliant. TVET globally is a viable mechanism for sustainable national development and a spring board to socio-economic growth. This can be seen as an investment in human, capital and education for full living. It is the bedrock for any development process and an instrument of excellence which made a country self sufficient and developed through the proper use and management of human resources available within their respective environment. This paper therefore, focused on concept of National Development, TVET as a tool for sustainable national development, problems facing the development of TVET for sustainable national development and probable solutions to the highlighted problems.
Keywords: TVET - Concept of National Development - Sustainable National development.