Age and Vocational Interest as Correlates of Reentry of Girls Into School in Ebonyi State
Age and Vocational Interest as Correlates of Reentry of Girls Into School in Ebonyi State
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the study
Education is the only means for the sustainable growth and development of a country, especially economic development. The 21st century is the age of globalization, liberalization, and privatization. Since globalization took off in the year of 1991, free economic policies have been adopted. Since then, education has become job-oriented or market-oriented. Today‘s education takes the approach of supplying huge numbers of specific and skilled business personnel to make them fit for the particular industrial jobs in the market. This leads to specialization in professional or vocational education. People do not prefer general courses today; rather they take diversions at a certain point in their study...