Inclusive Vocational Education Models for Equitable Empowerment for People with Special Needs
Keywords:
Inclusive, Vocational Education Models, Equitable, Empowerment, People with Special NeedsAbstract
Inclusive vocational education is very essential in providing people with special needs skills required for selfreliant and societal development. The paper highlights some characteristics of people living with disabilities and examined the idea of vocational education. It outlined and examined the challenges confronting vocational education models in Nigeria. The paper also discussed some effective vocational education models, which will be employed to empower people living with disabilities in the society and the nation at large. The paper concluded and recommended that the government should provide adequate funding to vocational education programmes in Nigeria, also government, development partners, and other relevant stakeholders should collaborate and provide adequate facilities of vocational education programmes in Nigeria.
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