Browsing by Author "ATOLAGBE, Adedapo Adetiba"

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    ASSESSMENT OF EMPLOYABILITY DEVELOPMENT SKILLS OF NIGERIAN SECONDARY SCHOOL BUSINESS STUDIES CURRICULUM
    (Nigerian Journal of Business Education (NIGJBED), 2019) ATOLAGBE, Adedapo Adetiba; UMARU, Haliru Alhaji; OLUWALOLA, Felicia Kikelomo
    Employability has been a thorny issue in the Nigerian education landscape. Many graduates at various school levels are faced with difficulty of securing jobs after graduating. Opinions differ as to reasons why school leavers are experiencing this hardship. Many blame the students for preparing poorly for work life, while many others lay the blame at the schools doorstep.In recent times however, attention is shifting away from the inadequacies of students and schools to issues bordering on the relevance and adequacy of curriculum contents in school. Employers of labour are looking beyond graduates with good examination results to those who can work independent of much supervision. The question is, do our subject curriculums contains skills that can make graduates work on his/her own independently? The study identified eight employability soft skills that promotes employability and assessed the level at which Business Studies curriculum promotes them. A researcher designed employability skills assessment questionnaire was administered to students and teachers of Business Studies. Both teachers and students admitted that the Business Studies curriculum contain enough content that can promote all the eight identified employability skill, they concluded that a significant relationship exist between acquiring those skills from Business Studies curriculum and getting employment after graduation from secondary school
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    ENTREPRENEURIAL EDUCATION AND GRADUATE EMPLOYABILITY IN NIGERIA: STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION OF UNILORIN’S GRADUATE SELF EMPLOYMENT (GSE 301) PROGRAMME.
    (Faculty of Education, University of Ilorin, 2024-12-18) ATOLAGBE, Adedapo Adetiba
    Entrepreneurship education in Nigeria higher institutions was designed to give graduates the platform for self-reliance and employment after graduating from school. However, since the commencement of the Graduate Self Employment (GSE 301) programme in the University of Ilorin, it seems as if the students for whom the program was designed are less enthusiastic and optimistic about its potentials to guarantee self employment. This study therefore took a closer look at how students perceived the benefits of GSE 301 programme. The study population consisted of all 300 level students of the University of Ilorin(estimated at 12,000) during the 2021/2022 academic session. The study target population was all 300level students of the Faculty of Education, University of Ilorin(estimated at 1,850) during the 2021/2022 academic session. A researcher designed questionnaire titled “Graduate Self Employment and Employability Questionnaire” was used to collect all data for the study. The instrument was subjected to both face and content validity by expert in the Faculty of Education, University of Ilorin. A pilot study of the instrument was done at Kwara State University, Molete. The exercise was subjected to Cronbach Alpha test and it yielded a .075 coefficient of reliability. The study found out that students faced several challenges in the course of the programme. It was also found that GSE 301has a significant potential in guaranteeing self employment after graduation. The study therefore recommended that the Technical and Enterprise Center(TEC) that anchor GSE 301 should minimize the challenges faced by students and ensure they are exposed to more recent equipment and facilities. Finally, all their facilitators should be given training on how to effectively deliver instruction to students in conditions similar to the lecture room rather in what used to be Trainer-apprentice system
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    HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AND STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN BUSINESS STUDIES IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ILORIN SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT, KWARA STATE
    (Department of Educational Management, University of Ilorin, Nigeria., 2021-05-03) ATOLAGBE, Adedapo Adetiba
    This examined the relationship between human resource management and students’ academic performance in public secondary schools in Ilorin South Local Government Area, Kwara State. The study adopted descriptive survey design. The purpose of the study is to determine the influence of human resources management in schools on academic performance of students in business studies. The study population comprised 320 Business Studies teachers and 27 school principals. The school sample was 20 out of 27 public schools in Ilorin South Local Government Area selected through lottery method. All Business Studies teachers, Principals and Head of Business Studies Department were purposively selected as part of the sample. In all 160 teachers, 20 principals and 20 head of departments making a total of 200 formed the study sample. A Researcher-designed questionnaire was used to collect relevant data on human resource management while Student Academic Performance Pro-forma (SAPP) was used to collect data on students’ academic performance. The instrument was validated by three experts from the Department of Educational Management, University of Ilorin. Cronbach Alpha was used to test its reliability through test re-test method and yielded a reliability coefficient of .65.at .05 level of significance. Regression statistic was used to determine the coefficient of relationship between academic performance and the variables of human resources management. Pearson monument correlation statistic was used to test the formulated hypotheses. The findings showed that there is a low positive relationship between academic performance and human resources management. There is high positive relationship between academic performance and teacher recruitment process while teacher motivation has positive but moderate relationship with academic performance. The study found a statistically significant relationship between human resource management and students’ academic performances, a significant relationship between teachers’ recruitment process and students’ academic performance, a significant relationship between teachers’ motivation and students’ academic performance and a significant relationship between teachers’ appraisal and students’ academic performance. The study concluded that, there is a statistically significant relationship between human resources management and academic performance I public secondary schools in Ilorin South Local Government, Kwara State. The study recommended among others that, the process involved in human resources management in education should be transparently done and effectively coordinated to ensure positive impact on students’ academic performance.
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    The Importance of Marketing in School Enrolment Progression
    (Department of Educational Management, University of Ilorin, Nigeria., 2016-06-25) ATOLAGBE, Adedapo Adetiba; ATOLAGBE, Adedapo Adetiba, Haliru Alhaji UMARU
    The private education sector in Nigeria has become very attractive in the last couple of years with the liberalization of all the levels of education in the country. Private investors in all the levels of education have risen to the occasion and made efforts to fill the vacuum created by inadequate management of public education by the government over the years. Several years way down into their involvement, the game has changed and the practice is no more as inspiring and profitable as it use to be. It is increasingly becoming difficult for some of them to survive the cut-throat competition among schools. This is coming on the heels of visible improvement is the public education sector and a glut in the supply of private education. The paper examined the importance of education marketing in view of the current challenges facing schools in terms of dwindling enrolment and the need for them to fully explore the marketing mix elements in a more strategic way to boost their enrolment progression. It suggested available options to schools that can help them raise awareness of the school programmes and in turn boost enrolment. The paper recommended that, schools should establish marketing units headed by professional education marketers. They must also make substantial budgetary provisions for school marketing campaigns annually.