The Industrial Training Fund (ITF) will this month, September 2025, commence its Model School Skills Academy to serve as a dual education system programme for students in its model school.
This was made known by the fund’s Director General, Dr Afiz Oluewatoyin Ogun, yesterday when he went round the school facility to supervise machines installations and the other finished works on the facility, in Jos the Plateau State capital.
The DG thereafter toured the Skill-Up Artisans (SUPA) programme at various centers in Jos where artisans are currently undergoing training.
Speaking at the school, he said system, normal classroom activities for students of ITF schools will end by 1:30 p.m., after which the students will go home and be picked u later by the ITF buses to the ITF Model School Skills Academy for the skills acquisition training.
“At the academy, the students will be trained in various vocational fields, including tailoring and fashion design, embroidery, manual and laser welding, culinary skills, and ICT. So, we’re starting with at least five or six trade areas.
“The students will spend two hours at the academy on weekdays and three hours on weekends and holidays. This programme will run for two years, after which they will sit for internationally recognised certification exams, after which they will receive certifications that qualify them to work anywhere in the world.
“For students who show determination and resilience, businesses will be incubated for them before they even gain university admission. Our goal is for them to become self-reliant and capable of sponsoring themselves through higher education.The programme is also structured to accommodate their parents,” he said.
Dr Ogun added that they have industrial machines and monograms for their trainings.