Business Studies and Employability Skills Development in Junior Secondary Schools in Ilorin Metropolis, Kwara State

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dc.contributor.authorOLUWALOLA, Felicia Kikelomo
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-10T09:33:19Z
dc.date.available2022-01-10T09:33:19Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractThe 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 worlden_US
dc.identifier.issn2158-9232
dc.identifier.urihttps://uilspace.unilorin.edu.ng/handle/20.500.12484/7258
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publishereJournal of Educational Policyen_US
dc.subjectBusiness studiesen_US
dc.subjectEmployabilityen_US
dc.subjectSkill developmenten_US
dc.titleBusiness Studies and Employability Skills Development in Junior Secondary Schools in Ilorin Metropolis, Kwara Stateen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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