Benue State University, Makurdi

Supervision as a vehicle for Vocationalizing Secondary School Education in Nigeria

Okaforcha, Choice Chimaa (PhD) Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University. Anambra State,
Enefu, Samuel Muhammed (PhD) Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University. Anambra State,
Usman, Haruna Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University. Anambra State,
Okolo, Joseph Akwu (PhD Kogi State University, Anyigba

Abstract

The socio-economic status of a nation is greatly dependent on the level of development of the nation. Thus, for any nation to be recognized as wealthy or economically viable, it citizens must be knowledgeable and skilled to positively influence the industrial and agricultural sectors. This simply means that, the society through her citizens must be industrially buoyant, agriculturally sufficient, and technically up to date. These can only be achieved through an effective vocational education programme. It is obvious that, every educational enterprise is geared towards the realization of some specific goals and objectives. How these goals and objectives are attained is the function of the support services that have been put in place in order to ensure desirable outcome, Supervision is one of such services. It is on this note that, this paper discusses supervision as a vehicle for vocationalizing secondary school education in Nigeria. Its focus is on the concept of supervision/vocational education, government effort at vocationalizing secondary education in Nigeria, the role of supervision, and challenges facing vocational education. Recommendations were made to address the challenges of vocationalized secondary education in Nigeria.

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