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An assessment of employability skills among technical and vocational education students in Nigeria

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Journal Article
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Title
An assessment of employability skills among technical and vocational education students in Nigeria
Abstract
The research was conducted to investigate the level of importance as well as the competence among the students of technical and vocational education in terms of employability skills in Nigeria. There are 233 final year students that constituted the sample for the study in Kano State. The respondents were picked from mechanical, electronic, electrical installation and automobile departments in technical colleges in the state. The data was collected using questionnaire which was adapted from Employability skills for Australian small and medium sized enterprises. The analysis was done using descriptive statistics such as mean and standard deviation. The findings of the study showed that all the respondents perceived the employability skills components as high and rated their competency as low. A significant difference was found among the students in terms of their ages while no significant difference was found between the respondents in the area of competency. The study concludes that there is still an opportunity for technical and vocational institution in Nigeria to focus and redouble efforts towards equipping the students’ employability skills. Quality education and training enhances productivity, therefore, students of technical and vocational education in Nigeria need a better education that will help in accomplish the national goals.
Publication
Archives Des Science
Date
2012
Language
en
Citation
Idris, A., & Rajuddin, M. (2012). An assessment of employability skills among technical and vocational education students in Nigeria. Archives Des Science.