Vocational Education, Public Policy and National Development in Nigeria: The Journey to Sustainable Development

No country can develop to its full potential if the ‘white collar jobs’ are the prime focus by the government. It is a normal trend across the world for a child through conventional educational system (CE). However, the secret of the moment of most developed countries growth is the facts that the vocational educations (VE) are given a conventional outlook. Government policies in the developed countries place high value on vocational education certificate just like other conventional certificates. What is the level of mixture of the vocational (VE) and conventional education (CE) needed for national development in Developing countries? Using the System theory, the study explains how government policy can help VE to aid CE so as to ensure national development. Qualitative methods are used to collect data and descriptive methods used for data analysis. This study provides the typology of levels of VE and CE mixed for national and sustainable development attainment. Keywords: Development, Policies, Sustainable development, System theory, Vocational education,