THE NIGERIAN CERTIFICATE IN EDUCATION (NCE): SCIENCE GRADUATES' EMPLOYABILITY

Aina Jacob Kola,Abdulrahman Abdulgafar Opeyemi

doi:10.22159/ijoe.2021v9i1.40609

Abstract

This reviewed paper focused on the Nigerian Certificate in Education (NCE) and the problem of science graduates' employability as a bane for unemployment in Nigeria. The script discussed the challenges facing the NCE graduates and attributed it to the teacher education programme's issues. Some sources of these problems are inadequate curriculum, government policy, and others. The article conceptualized Application, Creativity, and Employability (ACE) to explain the unemployment challenge among the NCE science graduate in Nigeria. An ACE framework to solve this problem was formed and highlighted some benefits of the ACE for colleges of education programme. The article discussed some implications the ACE may have on the Nigerian colleges of education science.

Highlights

Nigerian teacher education is critical to the sustainable education development of the nation
A recent study shows that science students in a Nigerian College of Education have low scientific literacy (Aina, Abdulrahman & Ayodele, 2020).many Nigerian Certificate in Education (NCE) science education graduates lacked many of these skills, which suggests the reason for a high rate of unemployment among these graduates (Aina, 2017)
This paper critically examined the Nigerian Certificate in Education (NCE) vis-a-vis the employability of the science graduates who hold this certificate

Summary

Introduction

Nigerian teacher education is critical to the sustainable education development of the nation. The reason most colleges of education science students could not do any other job aside from teaching is because of the issue of creativity (Aina, & Abdulwasiu, 2018). The Application, Creativity and Employability (ACE) of science education in Nigeria is weak, informing why many science graduates are teachers in Nigeria. NCE graduates in Nigeria lack the employability skills required for the industrial sector in the 21st century (Adebayo, 2016; Aina, Nathaniel, & Ayodele, 2019).

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