Saturday 31 August 2013

Lagos State Technical And Vocational Education Board (LASTVEB)

There is certainly an alternative route to Higher Education and Lagos State Technical and Vocational Education Board (LASTVEB) is providing that opportunity with the aim of empowering youths to be self reliant and to be able to create employment for others. 

The Lagos State Technical And Vocational Education Board was established on 13th July, 2009 by His Excellency, Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola.
 
Objectives of the Board?
  • To stimulate and encourage technical and vocational education not only as a basis for creating early technical awareness, but also to provide suitable orientation for further learning, entrepreneurship and employment
  • To be responsible for efficient management and the establishment of technical and vocational education at the post primary School level
  • To ensure and collaborate with a wide range of partners and stakeholders to attract additional resources, information and investments so as to improve the quality of technical and vocational education in the State

What the Board will do
Provide relevant, functional and accessible technical and vocational education for acquisition of relevant and professional occupation.

Prescribe standard skills to be attained and to contribute to review such standard as may be necessitated by current technological trends and the peculiar need of the state.

Ensure that programmes offered in the Technical Colleges (Vocational Centres) conform to National and State policies on Technical Education and satisfy the prescribed requirements and standards.

Ensure that the practicing artisans in the State are trained and retrained in acquisition of skills in modern technology, functional numeracy, ICT and development in the area of record keeping.

Encourage women to enter into a wider range of fields of Technical and vocational education.

Liaise with external examination bodies; enter into International staff and students exchange programmes.

Secure grants and organise credits for students to enable them acquire tools after graduation.

Collate, analyse and publish information relating to technical and Vocational Education in the State.

Inculcate in the public an attitude of respect for and the appreciation of the role of technology in the society.

Expand the facilities for the training and retraining of technical teachers and ensure that these teachers are exposed during and after training to modern industrial experience.

How many Technical colleges do we have in Lagos State?
Presently, there are five technical colleges in the State, they are:
Government Technical College, Agidingbi
Government Technical College, Ado- Soba
Government Technical College, Ikotun
Government Technical College, Ikorodu
Government Technical College, Epe
  

All the above colleges are under the care of LASTVEB
Do you wish to be enrolled/ admitted into one of the colleges? Below are the entry requirements:
S75
JSS- Junior Secondary School
SSS3- Senior Secondary School 
 
A quick look at various courses offered at the college:
Blocklaying and concreting
Furniture craft practice
Painting and decorating
Plumbing and pipe fitting
Electrical installation
Fabrication and welding
Mechanical engineering craft practice
Catering craft practice
Graphic Arts
Printing craft practice
Book Keeping (Accounting)
Secretarial Studies

What do students stand to gain?
  • Academic progression to University/Polytechnic
  • Self employment
  • National Qualification (NABTEB/NTC/NBC)
  • Self- Reliance and Economic Empowerment
  • Creation of Employment and wealth
  • Trade Test I, II, III
  • LASTVEB Competency Certificate I, II, III
It is worthy of note that LASTVEB collaborates with the following Private and global partners:
Automedics Limited
Hackney Community College, London http://www.hackney.ac.uk/
Institute of Technical Education, Singapore(ITE)
MTN Youth Skill Development Project
Samsung Nigeria Limited

For further information, contact any of the above Colleges or better still, LASTVEB Headquarters at Block 9, Old Secretariat, GRA, Ikeja- Lagos (Not far from the Police College or Lagos High Court, Ikeja)

You can also logon to the official webpage of lastveb here
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