Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research2017-09-062017-09-062009https://hdl.handle.net/10986/28119The problems of employment have become a central global concern in recent times. This makes nearly all the governments and development partners to be fully engaged in finding a lasting solution to the problems. In the past, development planning efforts were concentrated on the development of a modern industrial sector. It was believed that this would serve the domestic market and facilitate the absorption of redundant or surplus workers in the urban economy. It was also the belief that rapid economic growth and development would be achieved. The study is structured into five chapters. While chapter one looks at the background to the study, the terms of reference and the structure of the report, chapter two focuses on copious relevant literature on skills development bringing out the conceptual definitions, theoretical and empirical issues in the informal sector of the economy. Chapter three presents the methodology of how training providers as well as the beneficiaries of the programs were surveyed in the study. Chapter four gives the inventory of the programs for the informal sector skills development and a detailed analysis of five most important non- state-run programs in the country. Chapter five forms the conclusions and recommendations of the work.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO TRAININGACCREDITATIONADULT CONTINUING EDUCATIONADULT EDUCATIONADULT LITERACYADULTSAPPRENTICESAPPRENTICESHIPAPPRENTICESHIP TRAININGBASIC LIFE SKILLSBASIC LITERACYBASIC SKILLSCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTCOMMUNITY PARTICIPATIONCOMPARATIVE EDUCATIONCOMPUTER PROGRAMMINGCOURSE CONTENTCREATIVE ARTSCURRICULACURRICULUMDROP OUTSEDUCATION DEVELOPMENTEDUCATION FOR ALLEDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENTEDUCATIONAL LEVELSEMPLOYMENTEMPOWERMENT OF WOMENENROLLMENTENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLSENTREPRENEURSHIPENTREPRENEURSHIP TRAININGEXERCISE BOOKSFORMAL ADULT EDUCATIONFORMAL EDUCATIONFREE EDUCATIONFUNCTIONAL LITERACYGIRL CHILDGIRL-CHILDHEALTH CAREHEALTH EDUCATIONHUMAN DEVELOPMENTILLITERATE ADULTSILLITERATESINSTRUCTORSINTERVENTIONSJOB TRAININGLEADERSHIPLEADERSHIP TRAININGLEARNINGLEARNING MATERIALSLEARNING OPPORTUNITIESLEDLEVEL OF EDUCATIONLEVEL OF LITERACYLEVEL OF SKILLLIFELONG LEARNINGLITERACYLOW ENROLMENTNON-FORMAL EDUCATIONNON-FORMAL TRAININGNUMERACYORPHANSPERFORMANCE INDICATORSPOST TRAINING SUPPORTPRACTICAL TRAININGPRIMARY EDUCATIONPROVISION OF TECHNICALPUPILSQUALITY TRAININGRADIOREADINGREPRODUCTIVE HEALTHRURAL AREASSANITATIONSCHOOL DROPSCHOOL DROP-OUTSSCHOOL DROPOUTSCHOOL DROPOUTSSCHOOL HOURSSCHOOL LEAVERSSCHOOL SYSTEMSCHOOLINGSCHOOLSSCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGESECONDARY EDUCATIONSELF EMPLOYMENTSKILL ACQUISITIONSKILL DEVELOPMENTSKILL IMPROVEMENTSKILLED LABOURSKILLED MANPOWERSKILLED WORKERSSKILLS ACQUISITIONSKILLS DEVELOPMENTSKILLS TRAININGSOCIAL DEVELOPMENTSPORTSSTREET CHILDRENSTUDY SKILLSTECHNICAL COLLEGESTECHNICAL EDUCATIONTECHNICAL TRAININGTRAINEESTRAINERSTRAINING ACTIVITIESTRAINING CENTRETRAINING CENTRESTRAINING FACILITIESTRAINING IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGYTRAINING INSTITUTESTRAINING INSTITUTIONSTRAINING OPPORTUNITIESTRAINING PROGRAMMETRAINING PROGRAMMESTRAINING PROGRAMSUNIVERSITY EDUCATIONVOCATIONAL EDUCATIONVOCATIONAL SECTIONVOCATIONAL SKILLSVOCATIONAL TRAININGVOCATIONAL TRAINING INSTITUTIONSVOUCHERSVULNERABLE CHILDRENWORK EXPERIENCEYOUNG PEOPLEYOUTHReportWorld Bank10.1596/28119