Three government technical colleges in Ekiti State are set to receive $3 million intervention grant from World Bank under the Bank’s Innovation and Development Effectiveness for Acquisition of Skills (IDEAS) programme.
This was made known during a meeting of the World Bank Team with Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital on Wednesday.
According to Dr Tunde Adekola, the Bank’s Senior Education Specialist, the IDEAS programme would focus on technical and vocational education skills and would be private sector-driven.
Adekola, who stated that the programme aims at skills acquisition for youth employability and empowerment, added that IDEAS would provide training and certification for middle level manpower that would see Technical Colleges return to their original purpose of establishment.
According to a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Yinka Oyebode, explained the World Bank Team members were confident that the programme would be a huge success in Ekiti State because of the full accreditation of the state- owned technical colleges.
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