Leading stakeholders have applauded the coming 21st Century Skills Roadmap, saying Nigeria needs it to free itself from the strangleholds of unemployment and poverty.
According to a statement by Career Digest (CD) Limited, the organisers of the event meant to unveil the roadmap, the stakeholders spoke, while indicating their willingness to attend the unveiling ceremony, billed to be held at the University of Lagos on December 5 and 6, 2024.
“The two-day event is designed to provide a platform for participants to seek credible and practical solution pathways to resolving the endemic problem that has spanned decades and seemingly defied solutions.”
The event will be hosted by CD in collaboration with leading stakeholders in the education sector. It promises to unveil the fundamentals of the perennial wide-scale skills gaps between the institutions of learning and the workplace in Nigeria and across parts of Africa.
“The hybrid event will host hundreds of onsite and offsite participants. It will feature activities, including keynote addresses, goodwill messages, a big picture presentation, panel discussions, official endorsements, Business to Business (B2B) sessions and networking, among others.
“Expected participants, include academic institutions/educators, employers of labour, development institutions, policymakers (including ministries, government executives at federal, state, and local government levels etc.).
“Also expected are business strategists, chief executives/human resources managers of corporate organisations, the media, Non-Governmental Organisations and philanthropists, community leaders, learners, PTAs/parents and guardians,” the statement added.
Keynote address will be delivered by Emeritus Professor, Olugbemiro Jegede, who is the foundation vice chancellor, National Open University of Nigeria.
The CEO of Career Digest, Mrs Joy Chinwokwu, noted: “The Career Digest initiative is designed to empower skillful and morally upright students, youths, and women to help themselves, their families, industries, and the economy.”
Among expected outcomes is an enabled mutual training environment for the classroom and workplace and a close-knit work interface among various sector stakeholders.
The initiative has been applauded by leading members of both the public and private sectors as “a timely and long-awaited social business tonic for career and curriculum reforms.
According to the statement, Career Digest (CD) Limited, as an organisation, is primarily focused on advocating and implementing stakeholders’ interventions to attain 21st Century Skills and ultimately create quality jobs that will stem unemployment and multi-dimensional poverty.
“The mission is to impact the economy of individuals, families, and communities through sustainable stakeholders’ partnerships that will facilitate the development and implementation of world-class digital skills, beginning with Nigeria and dovetailing to other African countries,” it added.
