STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING EFFECTIVE DELIVERY OF TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING THROUGH CURRICULUM PLANNERS, IN NIGERIA

Abstract

This paper examines the strategies for improving the effective delivery of Technical and Vocational Education (TVE) through the curriculum planners as a veritable working tool for academics, teachers and administrators at various educational levels to be utilized to steer and attain quality educational system for national sustainable development. Effective knowledge, development skills, utilization skills through participation of all stakeholders in education are very crucial in achieving quality curriculum development models for quality educational system in Nigeria. Curriculum development is dynamic process. It changes according to the need of the society and the stakeholders of the education system. The curriculum development process includes several stages such as planning, preparing, designing, developing, implementing, evaluating, revising, and improving. Curriculum planners are found at various levels, including national, state, institutional, expert in related fields, teacher team and individual teacher levels, as well as in the classroom, where pupils or students and instructors cooperate. Curriculum planning aims at providing quality learning and teaching and developing students' knowledge and skills. Curriculum frameworks are developed to help planners in decision making and in designing the curriculum. These frameworks include subject goals and purposes, content, guidelines for implementation and evaluation, teaching and learning principles. A well planned curriculum is a result of clearly defined objectives which improve student learning outcomes. Intended learning results include a deep understanding of the matter and development of specific skills such as critical and creative thinking, problem solving, informed decision making. Hence, for a society to achieve its educational goals, it needs a curriculum that is functional and relevant to its needs.