ABSTRACT
The
study was carried out to determine employability skills required of Business
Education students in Colleges of Education for job performance in
organisations in Rivers State. The
researcher adopted a descriptive survey design for the study. Area of the study
was Rivers State. The population for the study was all the 36,427 senior civil
servants from various ministries in Rivers State. The sample size of the study constituted 380
senior civil servants selected from various ministries. Six research questions and six null hypotheses were
used to address the specific objectives. The instrument for data collection was a 100-item
structured questionnaire title “Skills Required of Business Education Students
Questionnaire” (SRBESQ). The instrument
was validated by three experts, two in Business Education and one in
Measurement and Evaluation. Reliability of the research instrument was obtained
using Pearson’s
Product Moment Correlation Coefficient. The overall reliability index for the
instrument was .89. Three hundred and sixty four copies of questionnaire were
retrieved and analysed using mean with standard deviation for the research
questions and t-test for the hypotheses at .05 level of significance. The
results obtained indicated that the senior civil servants in business organisations
in Rivers State were of the opinion that accounting, secretarial, electronic
office, office communication, interpersonal and problem-solving skills were
very highly required of Business Education students in Colleges of Education.
Thus, it was recommended that the Government,
Institutions, Non-Governmental Organizations should provide training manual, modern technology,
update of curriculum, self-discovering and problem-solving for creativity,
adequate facilities and to enhance the preparation of Business Education
students in order to make them relevant in the world of work.
NWAOKOKOROM, N (2023). Employability skills required of business education students in colleges of education for job Performance in organisations in Rivers state. Repository.mouau.edu.ng: Retrieved Sep 08, 2024, from https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/employability-skills-required-of-business-education-students-in-colleges-of-education-for-job-performance-in-organisations-in-rivers-state-7-2
NWAOKOKOROM, NWAOKOKOROM. " Employability skills required of business education students in colleges of education for job Performance in organisations in Rivers state" Repository.mouau.edu.ng. Repository.mouau.edu.ng, 19 May. 2023, https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/employability-skills-required-of-business-education-students-in-colleges-of-education-for-job-performance-in-organisations-in-rivers-state-7-2. Accessed 08 Sep. 2024.
NWAOKOKOROM, NWAOKOKOROM. " Employability skills required of business education students in colleges of education for job Performance in organisations in Rivers state". Repository.mouau.edu.ng, Repository.mouau.edu.ng, 19 May. 2023. Web. 08 Sep. 2024. < https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/employability-skills-required-of-business-education-students-in-colleges-of-education-for-job-performance-in-organisations-in-rivers-state-7-2 >.
NWAOKOKOROM, NWAOKOKOROM. " Employability skills required of business education students in colleges of education for job Performance in organisations in Rivers state" Repository.mouau.edu.ng (2023). Accessed 08 Sep. 2024. https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/employability-skills-required-of-business-education-students-in-colleges-of-education-for-job-performance-in-organisations-in-rivers-state-7-2