By Abubakar Yakubu in Lafia
About 300 students of the Federal College of Science and Technical College in Doma, Nasarawa State have been trained in a programme organized by the Federal Ministry of Education in collaboration with the World Bank.
The training was organized under the World Bank’s Innovation Development and Effectiveness in Acquisition of Skills (IDEAS) Project and is aimed at addressing the issue of unemployment affecting many Nigerian youths.
Our reporter learnt that those trained underwent courses in catering and decorations; welding and fabrication; building engineering and electrical engineering since 2020.
The State’s Project Manager of IDEAS, Manzwet Amo, who spoke during the programme’s exhibition at Doma yesterday, assured that the project would enhance the capacity of the Nigerian skills development system to produce relevant skills for the formal and informal sectors.
He said the role of Technical Vocational Education and Training exhibition (TVET) in the society is to stimulate the students with skills to impact critical and creative thinking in the engineering design process.
“The TVET day also helps us to create more sensitisation and awareness to our students and teachers to be encouraged to explore career opportunities in skilled trades and professionalism,” he added.
He disclosed that the Federal Ministry of Education and World Bank will continue to train more students across the state in several skill acquisition programmes in order to boost the economy of the country in the coming years.
Speaking earlier, Principal of the Federal Science and Technical College, Doma, Grace Golen, commended the World Bank for initiating the project and said it has helped many residents of Nasarawa State to become employers of Labour.
“Today’s world requires entrepreneurial and vocational skills as well as the conventional education for any nation to catch up with the rest of the world,” she said.
