Volume 12 Issue 1, January, 2024

Science And Technology Education as a Veritable Tool for Eradication Of Poverty in Face of Gross National Unemployment

Delphonso Bamidele Tokunbo, Osunloye, Olawale Adejumo, Ajose Okunla Oluwagbotemi & Sunday Ernest Frank

Abstract

Unemployment situation in the country has been blamed on persistent lack of systematic and appropriate manpower planning and the educational systems incapability to impact in its products, the appropriate skills and competencies needed for employment reality in the society. Hence Science education and technical education is a critical factor in contributing to eradication of poverty. It is on this premises that the paper examines concept of science education and technical education in eradication of poverty. This paper further discussed objectives of science education and challenges facing science education as a tool for poverty eradication. It was therefore recommended that science and technical education curricula should be structured towards inculcating skills and competencies for the attainment of self-reliant in students for poverty reduction and solving of real-life problems.

Keywords

Science Education, poverty eradication, self-reliant, science curriculum, Competency, technology education.

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