THE Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Educational
Research and Development Council (NERDC),
Professor Godswill Obioma, has said that there is
currently a disconnect between the graduates of
tertiary institutions in the country and the industry.
He, therefore, advocated the review of tertiary
education, especially universities and polytechnics
curricula in order to draw them closer to the industry.
Professor Obioma made this remark in Abuja at an
interactive session with newsmen, stressing that
there was the need to revise the tertiary education
curriculum in such a manner that it would affect the
society.
He added that even there were attempts to review
the tertiary education curriculum, "there is a need to
give that effect."
He said: "There is disconnect between the training
and the experience. We call it theory-practice gap.
There is a need to bridge that gap first. I noticed that
experience goes very fast and if care is not taken, the
theory remains dormant because people are not
upgrading themselves on the theory."
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