Abstract

This paper centered on application of Vocational and Technical Education for sustainable human security in Nigeria. Survey method was used in the work. A total sample of 150 public Servants consist of Health workers, Educationists, Engineers, Social workers, transport and Enforcement agency staff in Mushin Local Government area constituted the sample of the study. A structured questionnaire tagged Sustainable Human Security Rating Scale (SHSRS) was used as a research instrument for detail collection. Two experts validated the instrument while Cronbach alpha was used to obtain the reliability coefficient of 0.857. Two research questions were posed to guide the study. One hundred and fifty (150) copies of the questionnaire were administered, retrieved and used for the study. Mean and standard deviation were used to analyze research questions in the study. Findings show that human security challenges are due to rising poverty, unemployment, economic and environmental imbalance, climate change, population increase, as well as lack of proper education and orientation on peaceful coexistence. It was however found that Vocational and Technical education is the most effective instrument with the capacity to re-orient the psychology of the people for human security in Nigeria. Based on the findings, it was suggested that there is need for awareness on the importance and causes of human insecurity, invest in vocational and technical education in order to empower youths for self-reliance, organize continuous skills training for the unemployed youth through vocational and technical education and provide conducive teaching and learning environments.