Lecturers Competences and Universities’ Students’ Skills Acquisition for Employability in South-South Nigeria

Abstract

The study examined the relationship between Lectures’ Competence and Universities Students Skills Acquisition for Employability in South-South Zone, Nigeria. To test hypothesis, purpose along with research questions have been formed. A total of 5817 students from final years in the Faculty of Education have been selected for this study. The test area is the Federal Universities in South-South Zone of Nigeria. The research design has focused on correlational study. Multi-stage sampling technique was used in selecting the sample size of 698 representing 12% of the study population. A researcher developed two research instruments titled “Lecturers’ Competence Questionnaire (LCQ) and Universities Students’ Skills Acquisition for Employability Questionnaire (USSAEQ)were used for obtaining primary data.After validation of five validates and reliability checking by Cronbach Alpha Reliability Coefficient instruments have been used for final data collection. Values of .71 for LCQ and .80 for USSAEQ have been found respectively. Confidence interval has been set at 95%. Mainly Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation Statistic has been used for analysis. A significant relationship has been observed between skill of a teacher for major teaching and publication related areas and opportunity of a student for getting job. It was concluded based on the finding that, students’ acquisition of employability skills is a function of lecturers’ competence. It was recommended based on the finding that, lecturers’ competences with regards to knowledge, creativity, discipline, communication, lesson preparation are maintained, students to develop their knowledge, ideas, values and attitudes necessary for successful acquisition of employability skills.