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Nigeria validates national career-guidance framework

Stakeholders from education, labour and youth-development sectors in Nigeria completed a three-day validation process for the National Framework for Career Guidance and Counselling in Abuja on 14–16 September. UNESCO and GIZ organised the workshop with federal ministries.

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Stakeholders from education, labour and youth-development sectors in Nigeria completed a three-day validation process for the National Framework for Career Guidance and Counselling in Abuja on 14–16 September. UNESCO and GIZ organised the workshop with federal ministries.

Discussions covered governance, service delivery, professional standards, employer partnerships, labour-market information, financing, equity and monitoring. Work will now move toward finalising and institutionalising the framework.

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    Nigeria validates national career-guidance framework

    Discussions covered governance, service delivery, professional standards, employer partnerships, labour-market information, financing, equity and monitoring. Work will now move toward finalising and institutionalising the framework.

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