Constraints to Curriculum Changes in Vocational and Technical Education Programmes in Nigeria

Abstract

Change in technical and vocational education curriculum is essential to make it more responsive to the aspirations and needs of individuals and the society at large. Curriculum development is dynamic and brings about changes in the economy, politics agriculture, industrialization and technology of a country. Continuous development in the above areas also influence changes in the needs of the people in the environment. To meet the change in the needs of the people requires a new curriculum. The paper describes the contexture framework of technical and vocational education and strategies of curriculum change, need for changes and innovation in technical education programmes as stated in national policy on education, the need for changes and innovation in teacher for technical education, concept of curriculum change in technical and vocational education, reason for curriculum change in technical and vocational education. The paper was concluded and recommendations made for improvement.