NBTE proposes funding for skill development
The Executive Secretary, National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), Prof. Idris Bugaje, says the board has made a proposal for the provision of funding for National Occupational Standards (NOS) and national skill development in the country.Bugaje said this in Abuja on Wednesday at an Advocacy Roundtable and Media Brief of the Skills Care Development Organisation (SCDO) organised by the Sector Skills Councils (SSC) for Education and Social Care.He said the funding would come through the National Skills Qualification Framework (NSQF) Acts which had been submitted to the presidency, while hoping it would be accepted by 2023.According to him, the proposal for funding might be a percentage of deduction from tax or other means.” Over the years, the NSQF was rolled out and the Sector Skills ...
