Promoting Vocational and Science Education: An Antidote for Industrial Revolution and Job Creation in Africa (Nigeria as a Case Study)

Abstract

Entrepreneurship is now becoming an important means and a valuable additional strategy to create jobs and improve livelihoods and economic independence in Africa continents. Problems of unemployment as experienced in the past and present Africa of ours have contributed to all sources of vices in our society such as political hooliganism, armed robbery, cultism, child trafficking, vandalism, kidnapping, ritual killing etc.. The aim of this research work is firstly to examine the constraints that lead to slow entrepreneurship and industrial revolution in Nigeria which has resulted in young people especially the graduates of our higher institution in search of non-existing jobs. Secondly to provide an antidote need to promote industrial revolutions towards self-employment and entrepreneurship through vocational and science education. Data was gathered with the aid of a questionnaire, from graduates and undergraduates of higher institution of learning within the federal republic of Nigeria. The data was then tabulated, discussed and the result was presented.