Abstract
Over 80% of graduates in Nigeria are unemployed in spite of their qualifications, they are employable yet they are not employed. The inability of the university education to meet the needs of these graduates as well as promotion of economic, self reliance and self sufficiency has resulted into youth joblessness (unemployment). These have added to increase in restiveness among Nigerian youths. This paper aims at exploring employability and focusing on the link between education and employability to determine whether employability can be enhanced through university education. The paper went further to identify some employability skills and suggested how university can be re-engineered to achieve these skills for the benefit of our students and society at large through the role of National University commission (NUC).
Highlights
Education is the instrument par excellence for meeting the needs and solving the problems of society
On the other hand, is the education given after secondary education in universities, colleges of education, polytechnics and monotechnics including those institutions offering corresponding courses
Education at a glance, published by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), which covers research done over 34 countries, have included in their current edition (Education at a glance 2011) a special indicator looking at how educational attainment affects participation in the labour market
Summary
Education is the instrument par excellence for meeting the needs and solving the problems of society. UNESCO (1998) in Bassey and Bassey (2011) explains that higher institutions of learning, as role models of innovation and change at large, are expected to play a critical role in promoting sustainable economic, social and cultural development. This implies that institutions of learning are at the forefront of contributing positively and powerfully to the society. Available literature on the management of education in Nigeria is filled with the fact that Nigerian education has fallen short of expectations – it has failed to produce the type of skilled manpower who are employable, productive, and self-reliant (Babalola, 2007). The purpose of this paper is to explore employability and focus on the link between education and employability to determine whether employability can be increased or enhanced through NUC role in higher education
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