How Nigeria Can Make Education Power Jobs, Innovation and Economic Growth
Nigeria must stop treating education as a route to certificates and scarce white-collar jobs. Schools should equip students with practical skills, critical thinking, digital literacy, entrepreneurship and technical competence that match the needs of the economy. Curricula should be reviewed regularly with input from industries, technical colleges, universities and employers. Students should be prepared to create, repair, design, build and solve problems in sectors such as agriculture, manufacturing, technology, renewable energy and recycling. Government and the private sector also need to support laboratories, workshops, innovation hubs, vocational certification and adult retraining. Better infrastructure, transparent business funding and stronger links between research and industry can help young Nigerians turn skills into sustainable enterprises and jobs.
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