Nwajuiba made this known after monitoring the National Business Certificate (NBC) and National Technical Certificate (NTC) examination at the Federal Science and Technical College (FSTC), Orozo in Abuja.
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The National Board for Technical Education says shortage of funds and delay in releases of allocated funds are grossly undermining the quality of technical education in the country.
In the early part of the colonial period, vocational training was not encouraged. Schools were built primarily for the purpose of evangelism by the early missionaries. The early missionary was characterized by literacy type of education, which was geared towards winning converts and producing clerks and interpreters (Ajayi and Ayodele, 2002)
The governor, who disclosed this on Tuesday during a courtesy visit by members of the study group of the National Defence College, Course 21, to Government House, Benin City, maintained that technical colleges will be resuscitated and built across the state