Skill Acquisition as Correlate of Creation of Employment Opportunities in the Digital Era Amongst Business Education Graduates in Anambra State
Abstract
The study investigates skill acquisition as correlate of creation of employment opportunities in the digital era among business education graduates in Anambra State. Three research questions and three null hypotheses guided the study. The study adopted a correlational research design. The population the study comprised 133 business educators in public tertiary institution in Anambra State. There was no sampling because the population was manageable. The instrument for data collection was a structured questionnaire. The reliability of instrument was established using Cronbach alpha statistics that yielded total alpha value of 0.80. Pearson Product Moment correlation was used to analyzed both the research questions and the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The results revealed that the correlation coefficient between entrepreneurship skills acquisition and creation of employment opportunities is .820 which is positive but very high relationship. It therefore means that the relationship between entrepreneurship skills acquisition and creation of employment opportunities in the digital era among business education graduates in Anambra State is positively very high. It also showed that the coefficient value obtained for ICT skills acquisition and creation of employment opportunities is .740 which indicates positive but high relationship. It therefore means that the relationship between ICT skill acquisition and creation of employment opportunities in the digital era among business education graduates in Anambra State is positively high. The result finally revealed that the correlation coefficient between technical skills acquisition and creation of employment opportunities is .820 which is positive but very high relationship. It therefore means that the relationship between technical skills acquisition and creation of employment opportunities in the digital era among business education graduates in Anambra State is positively very high. Based on the findings, it was recommended that attention should be given more on practical especially on entrepreneurial courses in the curriculum to avenue students more opportunity to acquire the necessary skills needed to create employment opportunities; and ICT skills should equally be given adequate attention in business education curriculum to enable students acquire the salient skills needed to excel in the world of work.
