By Segun McMedal
To begin, I’m a giant fan of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, whose administration’s programmes purpose to convey reduction and progress to Nigerians. Let me guarantee you that the challenges we face are non permanent. I doff my cap for his bold ₦47.9 trillion appropriation invoice for 2025 geared to rework the nation’s future with safety taking the most important chunk.
So much has been taking place in public affairs lately. I’m significantly enthusiastic about developments within the instructional sector. Final November, the Federal Authorities reintroduced historical past into the curriculum of main and junior secondary faculties. This coverage addresses younger folks’s disconnect from Nigeria’s historical past and promotes cultural consciousness, unity, social cohesion, energetic citizenship, and patriotism.
Moreover, the federal government introduced the introduction of 15 ability acquisition programmes into the curriculum for main and junior secondary faculties. This long-overdue initiative addresses the decline in native artisans’ competitiveness in comparison with their counterparts from neighboring international locations. Beginning this 12 months, college students will choose one ability course from choices equivalent to plumbing, tiling, POP set up, occasion administration, bakery and confectioneries, hairstyling, make-up, inside design, GSM repairs, satellite tv for pc/TV antenna set up, CCTV and intercom upkeep, photo voltaic set up, garment making, agriculture, and fundamental digital literacy (IT and robotics).
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The introduction of those programmes holds important socioeconomic implications for Nigeria, together with the next:
• Equipping college students for employment, lowering youth unemployment.
• Earnings technology and poverty discount over time.
• Boosting financial diversification and stimulating native economies
• Closing ability gaps and bettering Nigeria’s labour market competitiveness.
• Selling social inclusion, empowering marginalized teams, and lowering inequality.
• Growing well-rounded people geared up for various challenges.
• Decreasing crime and social vices by means of productive engagement and financial empowerment.
• Encouraging crucial considering, problem-solving, creativity, and innovation.
• Making a pipeline of expert staff, driving financial development and better GDP contribution.
• Decreasing rural-urban migration and selling balanced socioeconomic improvement between rural and concrete areas.
• Aligning with Sustainable Growth Objectives (SDGs), enhancing Nigeria’s international competitiveness.
By integrating ability acquisition into main and secondary faculty schooling, Nigeria can nurture a technology of self-reliant, employable, and modern residents, driving socioeconomic transformation and lowering structural inequalities.
These initiatives signify the type of options the federal government must be promoting to Nigerians, not simply brandishing programmes. Because the saying goes, “Individuals don’t purchase merchandise; they purchase options to their issues.” This can be a advertising precept that highlights that individuals search outcomes and transformations, not simply merchandise or programmes.
Segun McMedal, a public affairs communications strategist, lives in Lagos.
