German Development Cooperation (GIZ) announced that it has facilitated sessions to upskill over 11, 000 Nigerians in different areas, including agriculture, construction, fashion, ICT, and hospitality.
It added that 37 percent of the total number of beneficiaries of its Skills Development for Youth Employment (SKYE) project are female.
SKYE is a €42.2 million project being implemented in Abuja, Adamawa, Edo, Enugu, Lagos, Osun and Plateau states from 2018 to 2023.
Head of Programme for SKYE, Hans Bruns, during a national conference on Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Abuja, said this was the right time for all relevant stakeholders within the TVET sector to jointly work on the TVET reform process.
The conference with the theme: “Repositioning TVET through Policy and Legislative Options” was organised by GIZ in collaboration with the African Union (AU) and the Federal Ministry of Education for stakeholders to identify options and actions for an improved TVET system in Nigeria.
Bruns said: “From May 2018 to August 2021, SKYE and its implementing partners empowered over 11, 000 Nigerians with vocational skills in different areas including agriculture, construction, fashion, ICT, and hospitality.”
Bruns noted that the high number of unemployment and underemployment have become major socio-economic challenges over the decades which is connected to the issue of skills development.
