Textile Functions: A Panacea For Uninformed Textiles Students Of Tertiary Institutions In Nigeria

By

¹Mrs  Christiana Terrumun Adugh

²Mr. John Faeren Anyam

¹Department of Home Economics

College of Education, Katsina-Ala, Benue State.

²Department of Fine and Applied Arts,

  College of Education, Katsina-Ala, Benue State.

 
 
Abstract
This article presents a brief description of the words textile and textiles from the traditional setting and evolution of the terms and the miss understanding of these terminologies by the textiles students in tertiary institutions. It points to the universal functions of textile in the service of the society in general. The article also suggests three basic training approaches for the textiles students to prepare them for the 21^st country global challenges.