Apprenticeship System Of Education
In order to add context and background study to the apprenticeship system of education that was addressed on the #60secondswithEBA audio series, I believe it would be nice to share a little bit of information with us.
According to Robert Neuwirth in his TED talk, he estimated the Alaba International market, Nigeria (a market that runs on the Igbo apprentice system of education) to have a yearly turnover of $4 billion dollars.
This clearly indicates that the apprenticeship system of education generates quite a lot of revenue and also contributes greatly to the GDP of the country.
Apprenticeship is a contractual agreement undertaken by the master-craftsman and the apprentice through which the apprentice is trained for a prescribed work process through practical experience under the supervision of the master-craftsman. It is a form of workplace learning, which enables the apprentice to have on-the-job training. (Uwameiye and Iyamu, 2002)
In Nigeria and all over Africa, apprenticeship has been an age-long method used in training young people in trades and crafts, agriculture, business, and catering. During the pre-colonial days, apprenticeship was the mode of training. It is a common feature of the traditional setting to see people engage in a vocation such as farming, fishing, hunting, carving, carpentry, sculpting, painting, building, decorating, smithing, catering, boat-making, mat-making, dyeing and so on. The apprenticeship system was an institution that was jealously guarded by customs, lineage, and rituals.
Hence, it is important that we embrace this system, add more value and meaning to it because the apprenticeship system has been since the pre-colonial area, and even before western education was introduced into the country.
I believe this post must have provided some form of insights about the apprenticeship system of education.
However, if you would like to know what is missing in this system of education and recommendations on how to make it better then you should listen to my audio series called #60secondswithEBA where I made a 60 seconds video discussing what is missing in the apprenticeship system of education and recommendations.
I hope you learn something new.
Your friend in social change,
Erioluwa Adeyinka.
Bibliography
Uwameiye and Iyamu, (2020), Training methodology used by the indigenous apprenticeship system. Accessed on 6/5/2020 https://www.dvv-international.de/en/adult-education-and-development/
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