By Blessing Odega
Sir Joseph Ari, Director-General, Industrial Training Fund (ITF) has called on the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC), to revise the basic and secondary education curriculum to accommodate skills acquisition training.
Ari made the call on Saturday in Jos, during the ITF Staff School 2023 Graduation Ceremony.
He explained that the inclusion of hands-on skills training in the curriculum would do away with excessive dependence on paper qualifications.
This, according to him, will equip Nigerian youths with the needed technical skills to compete globally in the current skills-driven world.
He said that the staff school has placed emphasis on technology, sciences, and practical training to encourage the pupils to embrace hands-on skills.
“ITF and the School Board has done a lot in providing the school with required facilities for effective learning to take place.
“This is helping to erode the current perception that skills acquisition is a preserve for those who are not doing well in the society,” he said.
The D-G congratulated the graduands and charged them to be good ambassadors of ITF by imbibing the spirit of unity and demonstrate innovative ideas.
He called on parents and caregivers to keep their children and wards engaged during the long vacation by enroling them into a skill acquisition programme.
The principal of the school, Mr Richard Baba, said that the school has been performing excellently well in both the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) and National Examinations Council (NECO).
Baba said that the school in 2022, recorded 96 per cent pass in WASSCE and 90 per cent pass in NECO examinations.
He commended the School Board for all the support and called for more support improve the quality of teaching and learning in the school.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 89 students graduated from the ITF Staff Secondary School. NAN
