Business Studies and Employability Skills Development in Junior Secondary Schools in Ilorin Metropolis, Kwara State
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2019
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eJournal of Educational Policy
Abstract
The study examined business studies and employability skills development in junior secondary
schools in Ilorin metropolis Kwara State. Five research questions and three hypotheses guided
the study. A survey research designed was adopted for the study. The population of this study
comprises all the 4570 teachers in all the private and public junior secondary schools and the
employers in Ilorin Metropolis, Kwara State. However the target population includes all the
1305 business studies related teachers in all the junior secondary schools in Ilorin Metropolis,
Kwara State. The sample of the study includes 250 teachers in all the junior secondary schools
and 250 employers in Ilorin Metropolis, Kwara State. A structured questionnaire titled
“Business Studies Questionnaire” (BSQ) and “Employability Skill Development” (ESDQ) were
used to obtain relevant data. Descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviation while
inferential statistics of Pearson Product-Moment correlation was used to test the hypotheses
formulated at 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed that level of knowledge
acquisition in business studies was rated high by business studies teachers, employability skills
level of junior secondary schools students were rated high by the employers of labour also,
there was positive relationship exists between accounting, office practice, marketing and
employability skills development in junior secondary school Ilorin Metropolis Kwara State. The
study concluded that the students that graduated within Ilorin metropolis are possessed with
basic soft skills; digital, technical and analytical skills required that could make them
employable after graduation. Based on the findings it was recommended among others that there
should be provisions of qualified teachers who can instill the right knowledge, innovations,
skills, and attitude to the students for them to be employable in the outer world
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Business studies, Employability, Skill development