ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL 4:IMPLICATIONS FOR VOCATIONAL AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION IN NIGERIA

Nungse,Nuhu Iliya and Mamman,Hassan Jatau

Abstract
Sustainable Development (SDG) works in the spiritof partnership and pragmatism to make the right choices towards
improve life in a sustainable way for future generations.While Millennium Development Goal(MDG2) focused on
children and access to primary education, Education for All (EFA) had a broader agenda aimed at meeting the basic
learning needs of children,youth and adults. Unfortunately,MDG and EFA commitment to ensure the right to basic
education for all was not achieved by the 2015 deadline. SDG4 seeks ways to achieve this unfinished education
agenda.In this paper,SDG4.4 and 4.5 were the areas of emphasis because the country is moving towards being
enterprising which can best be achieved through Vocational and Technical Education and training (TVET). However, it
was hoped that by 2030, there will be a substantial increase in the number of youths and adults who have relevant
skills including technical and vocational skills for employment,decent jobs and entrepreneurship. This paper in its effort
to achieving this targets suggested that Governments should have clear,realistic and financed plans for implementation
of SDG4.
Key words:Sustainable Development Goal(SDG):TVET;MDG;EFA; Upper Basics

Publication Date: 2019-12-05

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