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One of the most prevalent problems in Nigeria is unemployment. It is a major cause of the high rate of crimes in Nigeria. On this note, this paper analyzed and highlighted the need to implement fully the secondary school curriculum on technical and vocational education as they are documented in the National Policy on Education. This paper also advocates that; (a) vocational courses that are studied in the vocational institutions, colleges of education, polytechnics and universities begin from upper basic class/primary and secondary schools. (b) Nigerian indigenous education, which is, skills acquisition/trades like carpentry, tailoring, plumbing, welding, soap making, barbing, weaving, painting, farming, carving, hair plaiting, dress making, gold washing, pottery making, dyeing etc be incorporated in the school curriculum and should have their roots and be studied from upper basic class/primary to secondary, up to university level. (c). Skills acquisition/trades introduced recently in the NYSC camp be equally integrated in the school system and be studied in the formal school setting. This paper among others discusses the danger and effects of unemployment in Nigerian society hence suggested that enough teachers should be trained and retrained to handle skill acquisition or trades to curb the problem of unemployment. Again, there should be collaboration between the universities, colleges of education and polytechnics in the promotion of technical studies in Nigerian institutions.
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