Application of Dreyfus Model of Skills Acquisition in Curbing Youth Unemployment among the Motor Vehicle Mechanic Students in Nigeria

Abstract

Unemployment has become a leading problem that causes anxiety in the lives of youths resulting in increased antisocial behaviors such as kidnappings and restiveness. Youth unemployment is devastating to both the individual and the society as a whole, psychologically and economically. The paper examines the issue of youth unemployment and looks at potential interventions such as the application of the Dreyfus model of skills acquisition in curbing youth unemployment among motor vehicle mechanics students in Nigeria. This placed a substantial hope in the power and potentials of the Dreyfus model of skills acquisition to transform the relationship between the educational system and the labour market. In view of this, paper reviews the concepts and causes of youth unemployment: Technical, Vocational Educational Education and Training (TVET); Motor vehicle mechanic (MVM) programmed in technical colleges; Dreyfus model of skills acquisition; approaches of learning a skills acquisition in curbing youth unemployment and to changing demands in view of the conclusion reached, there should be a regular And systematic evaluation of teaching curricula, taking into account the industrial and employers’ requirements.