Kaduna Targets 32,000 Graduates Annually Through National Skills Qualification

Kaduna State authorities hplansis acceptable to bid and postgraduate 32,000 learners each twelvemonth done the recently established Institute of Vocational Training and Skills Development.

The institute, commissioned by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu successful June, has campuses successful Rigachikun, Soba and Samaru Kataf. The campuses person modern facilities to supply lifelong, practical, and globally applicable skills training.

Learners tin enrol successful immoderate of the 14 commercialized areas accredited by the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), including: POP/Painting & Decoration, Masonry, Tiling, Plumbing, Carpentry & Joinery, Welding & Fabrication, Electrical Installation, Aluminum Fabrication, Refrigeration & Air Conditioning, Solar Installation, Mechatronics, Computer Hardware Repairs & Maintenance, Catering & Hospitality, and Fashion Design.

In enactment with the Nigeria Skills Qualification Framework (NSQF), the institute programmes present 80% hands-on applicable grooming successful workshops and workplace settings portion enrolment is unfastened year-round, with greeting and day shifts designed to grow access. Training pathways see short-term courses of 3 months starring to NSQ Unit Certificates oregon Institute Competence Certificates, arsenic good arsenic mean to semipermanent programmes of six to 12 months starring to afloat NSQ qualifications astatine Levels 2–4.

The commissioner for Information, Malam Ahmed Maiyaki, addressing the significance, said: “This Institute is simply a bold measurement of the Kaduna State Government’s committedness to skills acquisition, younker empowerment, and economical growth. The 14 commercialized areas are cautiously selected to code captious manpower needs successful construction, energy, ICT, hospitality, and originative industries. We are assured that graduates of this institute volition not lone find employment but besides go self-employed and make opportunities for others.”

On his part, the Provost of the Institute, Malam Husaini Haruna Muhammad, besides emphasised the workplace relevance of the training: “Our absorption is connected producing graduates who are workplace-ready. With 80% of grooming being practical, our learners summation real-life competencies successful their chosen trades. These skills are not lone applicable to Nigeria’s system but besides competitory connected the planetary stage. We promote citizens — particularly women, persons with disabilities, and susceptible youths to instrumentality vantage of this opportunity.”

The Kaduna State Institute’s teaching exemplary blends qualified instructors, maestro craftspersons, and skilled retired practitioners to guarantee learners payment from some mentation and decades of manufacture experience. With afloat NBTE accreditation, the Institute is besides portion of the national government’s TVET Initiative, opening with an archetypal intake of astir 2,000 learners. The authorities authorities has ensured inclusive entree for women, persons with Disabilities (PWDs), and susceptible groups specified arsenic the Almajiris.

With facilities and quality resources already successful place, the Institute targets the graduation of 16,000 learners successful its archetypal grooming phase, moving toward its yearly people of 32,000 graduates. The Kaduna State Government calls connected citizens crossed the authorities and beyond to prehend this accidental to get skills for employability, entrepreneurship, and self-reliance.

Applications are ongoing astatine the Institute’s portal, and each 23 section authorities areas are expected to enactment the candidates to capable successful the portal. Candidates tin sojourn the portal via: https://kivtsd.edu.ng.