The importance prevocational education in the development of an individual in order to contribute to the technological and economic development in Nigeria cannot be over-emphasized. Prevocational education is a type of functional education that lay a solid foundation for the training of future engineers, technologist, business men and women, accountants, and entrepreneurs. This paper looks at strategies for enhancing the implementation of prevocational education curriculum in Nigeria. It further discussed the concept of curriculum implementation, Universal Basic Education (UBE) and its objectives, prevocational education in Nigeria, implementation issues of prevocational education curriculum in Nigeria and strategies for enhancing the implementation of prevocational education curriculum in Nigeria.
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