She said councils should partner with stakeholders on short courses on modern appliance repair.
Mr Bugaje said that the new initiative would reverse the trend and restore the technical and vocational education and training to its former prominence.
Mr Alli-Balogun reiterated the state government’s support to have a more conducive learning environment in place.
Mr Abubakar said that COREN was ever ready to improve its performance in regulating engineering education and training of practitioners.
The two organisations made the pledge at a technical meeting at the NBTE headquarters on Thursday in Kaduna.
The association decried shortage of sign language interpreters in public and private places and institutions in the state.
