PARENTS' DISLIKE FOR VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN NIGERIA: CAUSES, EFFECTS AND REMEDIES

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to discuss the origins, impacts, and solutions to parents' dissatisfaction with vocational and technical education in Nigeria. Among the reasons mentioned are the need to find long-term solutions to the artificial walls and gaps that parents have constructed between western education and vocational and technical education in Nigeria. To address the age-long aversion of parents and the attitude of discouraging their children from vocational and technical education in Nigeria, this study identifies the roles performed by parents and the consequences they have had on their children Regarding all governments' efforts to provide vocational and technical education to the population.