The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has inaugurated three ad hoc committees with the task of upscaling skills development in the country as well as strengthening the Fund’s intervention activities.
Speaking at the inauguration of the committee members, the Executive Secretary of TETFund, Sonny Echono, charged the committees to ensure that the various skills facilities were put to use for effective operations.
Echono noted that the promotion of skills development was one of the priority area of government to address the prevailing challenges of youth unemployment and prevalence of poverty in our society.
Echono further said that constituting the committees became necessary following the outcome of the National Survey funded by the fund in 2022 to assess the availability, functionality and compatibility of all existing research facilities across the beneficiary institutions to contemporary requirements and global best practices.
Responding, the Chairman, Committee on operationalisation of skills development special intervention, Prof. Idris Bugaje commended the fund for investing in skills development.
The 3 committees have a six weeks time frame to submit their reports .
They include the Committee on operationalisation of equipment upgrade in workshops and laboratories for universities, polytechnics and colleges of education (technical).
Committee on assessment/review of TETFund centres of excellence and Committee on operationalisation of skills development special intervention.