ASSESSMENT OF ADEQUACY OF BUSINESS EDUCATION CURRICULUM CONTENT ON UNIVERSITY STUDENTS ACQUISITION OF REQUISITE SKILLS FOR JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN NIGERIA

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The study was intended to assess the adequacy of university students’ business education curriculum content for the acquisition of requisite job skills and job opportunities in Nigeria. Six research questions were used to guide the study, while six hypotheses were formulated and tested at level of 0.05 significance. The entire 602 final year students from nine federal universities offering business education as at 2011/2012 academic session formed the population and sample of the study. Mean and standard deviations were used to answer the stated research questions, using a benchmark of 2.5 as a criterion for agreement. Simple Regression (SR) was used to test null hypotheses one, two, three and four while ANOVA was used to test null hypotheses five and six. The findings of the study revealed, among others that business education curriculum content in Nigerian federal universities does not provide students with essential skills required for their employability after graduation. In view of the findings, one of the recommendations made was that, business education curriculum need’ an in-depth review that would enable the graduates respond to challenges in the labour market and field of work. This should be done by selecting contents that are consistent with emergent and anticipated needs, namely ICT competency, conflict resolution and economic survival and entrepreneurship.
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A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN BUSINESS EDUCATION OF A DOCTORATE DEGREE IN BUSINESS EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, FACULTY OF EDUCATION, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA NIGERIA JUNE, 2014
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ASSESSMENT,, ADEQUACY,, BUSINESS,, EDUCATION,, CURRICULUM,, CONTENT,, UNIVERSITY,, STUDENTS,, ACQUISITION,, REQUISITE,, SKILLS,, JOB,, OPPORTUNITIES,, NIGERIA.
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