Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Programme as Veritable Tools for Poverty Alleviation among Youths in Rivers State

Abstract

The study focused on Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) as veritable tools for poverty alleviation among youths in Rivers State. Two objectives and two research questions guided the study. The study used descriptive survey research design, while census sampling technique was used in choosing the entire population of 237 lecturers in the three tertiary institutions in Rivers State, that  have  vocational and technical education either as a faculty, department  or  unit  which  are  Rivers  State  University,  Ignatius  Ajuru  University of Education and Federal College of Education Technical, Omoku. The instrument used for data collection was questionnaire developed through literature  and  containing  structured  items  based  on  the  two  research  questions.  The data collected were analysed using mean and standard deviation. From the findings it was discovered that there are areas in TVET that can be harnessed to enhance poverty alleviation among youths in Rivers State.  It was therefore recommended among others that TVET learning environment should be a replica of the work environment to enable the would-be beneficiaries’ gain the required skills that will enable them be gainfully employed in the industry or be self employed on graduation