THE PERCEPTIONS OF EMPLOYERS TOWARDS EMPLOYABILITY OF BUSINESS EDUCATION GRADUATE IN NIGERIA
Abstract
Students' interest is more likely to be maintained if they can see the relevance of their studies to their future career. Life beyond university/College inspired this study to investigate the employers' perceptions towards the employability of business education graduates in Nigeria. The research design was survey, based on the study's objectives. Two research questions guided this study. Questionnaire was used to collect the data and descriptive research was used to provide careful descriptions of a phenomenon to generate an accurate description of an event. The internal consistency reliability for the instrument using Cronbach's Coefficient Alpha was estimated to be a = 0.94. Therefore, descriptive and inferential statistics were used to organize, analyze, and interpret the data. The result shows that educators and employers believed that the government especially Ministry of Education, had not allocated adequate funds to upgrade and expand business education programs. Also, inadequate facilities and resources inhibited efforts to maintain high quality standards for business education programs. The study recommends among others that the government should seek employers' and private sector's involvement in financing and business education programs. To improve vocational education, emphasis should be laid on establishing and maintaining quality standards like entrance requirements, teachers' certification, accreditation, and standardized assessment for business education programs.
Keywords: Business education, Employers, Employability and Nigeria
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