Federal Government moves to close skill gap in education system

  The Federal Government has identified mismatch between academic programmes that are being taught in tertiary institutions and the basic skills and abilities required in the labour market as the major cause of youth unemployment in Nigeria. 

   Government has insisted that until this anomaly was corrected and opportunities for periodic capacity building for teachers prioritized, Nigeria would continue to record an alarming annual unemployment figures, which might not be good for the country. 

  Director of Science and Technology Education in the ministry, Joel Ojo, expressed deep worry of government regarding the inability of many university and polytechnic graduates to fit into work places because of absence of requisite soft and hard skills required in an ideal corporate environment.

  To this end, the Federal Ministry of Education yesterday assembled stakeholders in Abuja to brainstorm and proffer durable and realistic solutions to the challenges responsible for the slow pace of educational development in Nigeria.