Section 9: Purpose of techuical education

(1) The purpose of technical education shall be-
(a) the provision of trained manpower in engineering, applied science, technology and commerce at all professional grades;
(b) the provision of technical knowledge and vocational skills necessary for agricultural,
industrial. commercial and economic development;
(c) the provision of qualified and well-equipped personnel to apply scientific knowledge to the improvement and solution of environmental problems for use and convenience of man;
(d) the introduction of professional studies in engineering and other technologies;
(e) the provision of training to impart the necessary skills leading to the production of craftsmen, technicians, technologists and engineers and other skilled personnel who will be enterprising and self-reliant;
(f) to enable men and women to have intellectual understanding of the increasing complexity of technology and the role technology plays in the world around them.
(2) All students of specialised engineering, technical, business, applied science or applied arts programmes shall be required to have compulsory supervised industrial attachment as part of their regular studies in such a manner as may be prescribed by the Board.