Context
The Boko Haram insurgency has created multiple challenges for Nigeria particularly in the North East where communities have been decimated forcing millions to become internally displaced. This displacement from their homes has caused growing unemployment among youths, despair and consequent loss of dignity. This condition provides an environment on which the appeal for Boko Haram festers among youths.
Also, ongoing reconstruction efforts of communities affected by the insurgency is faced by a dearth of local high-quality skills. The M6VTI has identied that through training of youth in construction industry related disciplines, the short-term ambitions of mitigating the lure of Boko Haram while providing local workforce for the reconstruction. The long-term potential for youth empowerment and sustainable living ensures the foundations of a strong society are set.
Envisaged to be a technical training institute with reference point to produce competent, high quality, creative, principled, productive, disciplined and skilled workforce for the construction industry with entrepreneurial qualities.
To be the best technical vocational education and training institute in Nigeria, which leverages global best practices in learning, instruction and practice as a basis for creating a highly skilled workforce for the regional construction industry.
leadership
Being a health practitioner, I repeatedly face distressing cases of lost potential in young adolescent girls who by virtue of the communities they were born into, are almost certainly destined to a miserable life of poverty with little or no skill and a lack of formal education, leaving them completely vulnerable. Girls Child Concerns (GCC) was birthed in 2003 as a not-for-prot organisation focused on addressing some of these concerns..
Our Approach
Training is delivered at our modern purpose-built facility which comes with computerised and automated equipment. We apply both theoretical and practical instruction for at least ten construction industry trades over a 3-9 month period, depending on the trade. We have adopted a system which borrows heavily from the Moroccan vocational training procedures and guidelines, which also meets International standards. In addition, our courses which run concurrently, are in accordance with the Nigerian vocational training certication.
The Facility
Our state-of-the art and secure facility is conveniently located on the outskirts of Maiduguri city near the State University, along the Maidu11guri-Kano highway. The facility comes complete with an inrmary, a sports complex, training rooms and equipment, a fully equipped canteen and dining room, modern boarding facilities for both male and female trainees, a dedicated VSat, recreation facilities, twogenerators for uninterrupted power and administrative buildings.
