The national directorate of employment's open apprenticeship scheme in Nigeria: New wine in old wineskins?

Education and Training

Volumn 47, Issue 4-5, 2005, Pages 325-336

  Evawoma Enuku, Usiwoma ^a   Mgbor, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Apprenticeships; Employment; Nigeria; Skills training; Youth training

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444434348     PISSN: 00400912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00400910510601904     Document Type: Article

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