Vocational & Technical Education

The philosophy of the Department of Vocational and Technology Education is to produce professionally trained teachers who can effectively teach all vocational and technology subjects at the post primary level of education and obtain gainful employment in the private and public sectors of the economy.

Rationale
There is a demand for Vocational and Technology Education Teachers to be competent in teaching a variety of courses at the secondary school level. The programme is to produce competent teachers who can cope with the teaching of Vocational Technology courses in the Junior Secondary School and be competent in at least three of the senior secondary subjects.

The Department has the following objectives, to:

i. Produce graduate teachers who will teach vocational and technical subjects effectively at various school levels.

ii. Produce the teaching knowledge and vocational skills necessary for vocational and technology development.

iii. Produce graduates of the programme who will have an intelligent understanding of the increasing complexities of vocational and technology development in the country.

iv. Produce dynamic and strong advocates and promoters of government vocational and technology projects in other categories than teaching.