The Federal Government is reflecting on a noteworthy method transfer to Nigeria’s tertiary coaching framework that will see graduates go for a further one year with a selected finish objective to grounded sufficient for the labour market.
The Minister of State for Education, Anthony Anwukah, revealed this on Tuesday at a two-day retreat for governing councils of the federal universities in Abuja held beneath the theme ‘Elements of Statutory Goverce, Procurement and Financial Accounting in Nigerian Universities’.
Anwukah disclosed that the extension of the year of research was being thought-about as a result of many college graduates within the nation weren't adequate to be employed by industries.
He referred to as consideration to that the proposition was much like the extra-year at the moment being undertaken by regulation and medical college students.
“Law college students attend Law School for one year before going for NYSC and medical college students go for one year Housemanship before they're allowed to observe totally, so it is going to be obligatory for different programs to additionally undergo this course of.
“The Lagos Business School can also serve as a one year after-school training,” the Education minister of state added.
He continued that the college system has let Nigeria down within the nation’s quest for industrial improvement. He mentioned the schools have failed to provide graduates that meet the wants of the industries.
“The universities are producing products that are not matching the needs of the industries. I urged the Committee of Pro-chancellors and Committee of Vice-Chancellor to end the decline in the standard of education,” he mentioned.
Anwukah lamented that the Students Industrial Work Experience Scheme, SIWES, system has failed within the universities, stressing that “the project is not working” and stays a significant drawback for the college system.
The Federal Government arrange SIWES in 1974 to afford Nigerian college students finding out occupationally–associated programs in greater establishments the expertise that will complement their theoretical studying.