Author(s): Godwin Ntuk Udeh, Bassey Nelson Akpan
This research was conceived in response to the near absence of the middle level technical manpower needed to drive SMEs boom in Nigeria. In the past, Nigeria prided itself of a strong technical manpower who drove factories and industries across the nation in the seventies and eighties. But we lost that and must be reinvented through our school curriculum. In this study the national curriculum was reviewed and found incapable of engendering SMEs boom. It was found out in the study that Nigeria operates the intentional curriculum. That is, a curriculum approved to be implemented across board. However, the approved curriculum has not sufficiently addressed Nigeria’s problems. This study called for the review of the National Curriculum to infuse labour education and prioritize middle level technical manpower to accelerate SMEs boom. The study noted that the Middle labour manpower is the most critical workforce segment since they makeup the real field men and women who implement organization’s processes.