This study examined the current state of careers advice, guidance, and counselling (CAGC) services and programmes in the technical, vocational education, and training (TVET) system of Nigerian higher education institutions (HEIs). This was to determine how well current CAGC services and programmes foster students’ career development, aspirations, and choices. Forty-eight participants, who were members of the Nigerian National Board for Technical Education (8 participants), guidance counsellors (6), university TVET teachers (18), career experts from the National Directorate of Employment (7), and newly employed TVET graduates (9), volunteered for the study. A purposeful sampling procedure was adopted to recruit participants. Data were collected using a semi-structured interview approach, and we employed a thematic design for the coding and analysis of the transcribed data. The study found no CAGC services and programmes in the TVET system. It is recommended, therefore, that TVET systems should focus on providing career development enhanced learning rather than schooling only by revising the curriculum to include programmes and activities that promote CAGC activities and programmes.

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职业建议和指导如何促进技术、职业教育和培训毕业生的职业发展：尼日利亚案例

本研究调查了尼日利亚高等教育机构 (HEI) 的技术、职业教育和培训 (TVET) 系统中职业建议、指导和咨询 (CAGC) 服务和计划的现状。这是为了确定当前的 CAGC 服务和计划如何促进学生的职业发展、抱负和选择。48 名参与者，他们是尼日利亚国家技术教育委员会的成员（8 名参与者）、指导顾问（6 名）、大学 TVET 教师（18 名）、国家就业局的职业专家（7 名）和新聘用的 TVET毕业生 (9)，自愿参加这项研究。采用有目的的抽样程序来招募参与者。使用半结构化访谈方法收集数据，我们采用主题设计对转录数据进行编码和分析。研究发现 TVET 系统中没有 CAGC 服务和计划。因此，建议职业技术教育与培训系统应专注于提供职业发展强化学习，而不是仅仅通过修改课程以包括促进 CAGC 活动和计划的计划和活动来提供学校教育。