Education, particularly technical
and vocational, is the key for sustainable development and economic
prosperity with the growing
technological innovation, consequential restructuring in industry, economy occupational patterns and job qualification , there must, of necessity, be a re-organization in technical
and vocational education in terms of new programmes, retraining
programmes, curriculum designs, training methodologies , learning materials, teacher
preparation management and administration.
There has always been a nexus
between industrial and economic development on the one hand and world of work
on the other. Central of both of their
countries to be education and training . Though all these sectors
have been witnessing mutually
corresponding changes all also in the
fast, what we are currently
experiencing a revolutionary charge brought
about by a growing number of unprecedented technological invention and
innovations. What is happening today is
of a different natures just as mechanization replaced “muscle power” as a productive force the new technologies are replacing machine
power by “ brain power” and ‘mind skill’
as essential programmable control devices what is more, the new
technologies have broken down the old
industrial economy charge has become the pass word in all walks of life and
calls of profession
The new emerging technologies are making of possible for us to have the
good and services produced and delivered through automated machines and manufacturing processes . Diversity has become as cheap as uniformity
in all industrial activities. As a
result, the product range is
divested. Production customized national market and segmented. Delivery is improved. In other words advanced technology is
reversing the earlier to ends of mass manufacturing assembly line production,
large inventories, mass distribution and dominance of sellers market
(Osuala 1995)