Charting a Course of Development through Proper Technical, Technological and Engineering Education
Abstract
Knowledge refers to the possession of information, facts, ideas, truth or principles. The imparting and acquiring of knowledge through teaching and learning refer to education. The nucleus of education is knowledge. A well-directed education is the process that yields knowledge. Engineering is the application of science in the design, planning, construction and maintenance of manufactured entity while Engineering education is the training of engineers for the purpose of initiating, facilitating and implementing the technological development of a Nation. Engineering uses scientific ideas to develop technology but technology provides the ingredient for Engineering. Technical education engenders formal preparation of Technicians for occupations between the skilled trades and the professions based on underlying sciences and supporting mathematics as well as methods, skills, materials, and processes of a specialized field of technology. In this work, the roles of these tier of education in the development of a nation was discussed in relation to the existing developmental efforts made towards achieving technological advancement in Nigeria. It is hoped that the policy makers in Nigeria will find the paper useful for the betterment of hoi polloi by charting a course of developing the entity called Nigeria through well-found technical, technological and engineering education.Downloads
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