Andrew David Adejo, permanent secretary at the federal ministry of education, said this while declaring the 2023 international summer school and conference open in Abuja on Monday.
The permanent secretary said the theme of the conference — ‘Cultivating New Frontiers in Employability Research for Skills and Career Enhancement’ — is imperative to change the narrative in Africa.
Adejo said the NUC and other stakeholders have consistently advanced graduate employability through curriculum reengineering exercises.He, however, said a lot of work is still required considering the dynamic nature of the contemporary labour market and the future of work. “As we internalise a Renewed Hope for our great country, I wish to assure this worthy gathering of the continuous support of the Federal Ministry of Education and indeed the Federal Government of Nigeria to ACCESS and its partners, in their commitment to the promotion of African graduate employability through skills acquisition and entrepreneurship,” he added.