A THESIS

Presented to the Department of Architecture Faculty of Environmental Design, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria,

In partial fulfilment of the requirement of the

Degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE IN ARCHITECTURE

By

LAWAL ABDULLAHI

VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTRE, ABUJA

JUNE, 1982.

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A B S T R A C T

Vocat iona l Educat ion has been de f ined as t r a i n i n g

f o r u s e f u l employment. This d e f i n i t i o n f i t s any form o f

educat ion except t h a t we are here t a l k i n g of a s p e c i f i c

c r a f t o r t r a d e .

Voca t iona l Educat ion s t r i v e s t o :

1. meet the man-power needs of soc ie ty

2 . increase the op t ions a v a i l a b l e t o i t s r e c e i p i e n t s

3. serves as a m o t i v a t i o n f o r c e to enhance a l l

types o f l e a r n i n g .

The purpose o f t h i s t h e s i s i s t h e r e f o r e :

1. To improve the employment p o t e n t i a l s of the

coun t r y .

2. To increase the badly needed s k i l l e d and semi­

s k i l l e d man-pouer f o r n a t i o n a l development.

3. To design a model cent re fo r voca t i ona l t r a i n i n g .

S C O P E

The centre will be a two-sex non-boarding school for

500 students. It will comprise of eight work-shops, admini­

strative and academic block, with a multi purpose hall.

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There will be the mobile unit department which will emerge

as the School comes into full operation. Details of the

mobile unit will be explained later in the text.