This paper is looking at secretarial education as a viable portion of
vocational and technical education programmes which can encourage
economic self-reliance of youths and adults after graduation. The paper
further discussed that self-reliance might not be achieved when Nigeria's
population is not matching available gainful employment situations, and
therefore becomes a challenge to sustainable skills training in tertiary
institutions. Critical problems like: wide-scale corruption and poor
electricity power supply, including others, have been elicited as some
factors that militate against the achievement of self-reliance in Nigeria.
Recommendations like: shunning of all forms of corruption, visible and
good electricity power supply, sustainable funding of tertiary institutions,
among others, have been suggested so as to ignite an enduring self-reliance of
youths and adults after graduation.