ICT IN INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION AS A TOOL FOR INTEGRATION AND COHESION IN NIGERIA

DR O. C. NKWEKE, AGBALAGBA UGOCHUKWU NKWEKE &
BINABICOIN FANNI NKWEKE
Abstract
This paper takes a hard look at ‘ICT in Industrial Education as a Tool for Integration &
Cohesion in Nigeria”. It has been observed that there is lack of cooperation amongst most
individuals in industrial education programme hence most scholars in recent times advocate for
collaborative learning, there is also paucity of facilities, poor preparation of teachers, among
others. National integration and cohesion can be achieved through teaching and learning of
industrial education. The field of information communication technologies and industrial
education are capable of playing reasonable roles in not only trying to facilitate teaching and
learning process but also can use their wide spectrum of relevant human and material resources
to enhance national integration and cohesion in a fast developing country such as Nigeria. The
paper, therefore, explicates strategic areas in which information communication technologies
and industrial education can aid in achieving national integration and cohesion in Nigeria nation
polity.
Keywords: ICT, Industrial Education, National integration and Cohesion

The Concept of Industrial Education
The term ‘Industrial Education’ is used to refer to ”the development of concept,
understanding and appreciation for the industry through a study of the tools, processes, products
and problems”. Also, it contends with the-planning, designing, developing, implementing and
evaluating alternative remediation packages to solving industrial related problems (Nkweke &
Okoro, 2011). Furthermore, Industrial education covers training and development programmes in
carpentry and joinery, material constructions, welding and fabrications, tool fittings and tool
settings, electrical and electronic works, metal works, civil and systems maintenance, workshop
organization and management, workshop and industrial safety, drilling or oil and gas
technologies, pollution control, plastic technology, rubber technology, manufacturing processes,
auto mechanics, estate management, bio-remediation of crude oil, bio-accumulation and bio monitoring of petroleum contamination, industrial machinery and sustainable development,
among other things(Nkweke & Udede, 2013).

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *