Nigeria - Skills Training and Vocational Education Project

The Nigeria Skills Training and Vocational Education (STVE) Project assists the Federal Government of Nigeria to restructure its present supply driven vocational and technical education (VTE) system into a demand-driven system that responds to the country’s growing private sector. The project is a direct response to address the mismatch in training, labour market requirements and employer involvement in VTE. It is the first Bank Group operation in the sector in Nigeria. The project will upgrade 5 Federal Science and Technical Colleges, 2 Teacher Training (Technical) Institutes, 2 nomadic non-formal vocational training centres, and 1 Women’s vocational training centre to improve their effectiveness and efficiency. These institutions will serve as demonstration centres to promote nationwide education reforms in the VTE sub-sector. The project comprises four components: (i) improving access to skills training and vocational education; (ii) enhancing quality and efficiency of skills training and vocational education; (iii) strengthening public-private partnership; and (iv) project management. The project will be implemented in 5 years, from January 2006 to December 2010. Its total cost is estimated at UA 33.71 million.