Purpose of the Study
The
main purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of labour
market demand on University graduate employability skills in North-west,
Nigeria. However, the specific purposes of the study are to:
1. Identify labour market demands for university graduate employability in North-west, Nigeria;
2. Examine academic qualifications that determine university graduate employability in North-west, Nigeria;
3. assess areas of specialisations that determine university graduate employability in North-west, Nigeria;
4. identify work-related experience that determines university graduate employability in North-west, Nigeria;
5. examine the age that determines university graduate employability in North-west, Nigeria.
6. assess the mean rate of university graduate employability skills in North-west, Nigeria.
Research Questions
The following research questions would be raised to guide the study;
1. What are the labour market demands for university graduate employability in North-West, Nigeria?
2. What are the academic qualifications that determine university graduate employability in North-West, Nigeria?
3. What are the areas of specialisations that determine university graduate employability in North-West, Nigeria?
4. What are the work-related experiences that determine university graduate employability in North-West, Nigeria?
5. What is the age that determines university graduate employability in North-West, Nigeria?
6. What is the mean rate of university graduate employability skills in North-West, Nigeria?
Research Hypotheses
The following hypotheses would be raised to guide the study;
Main Hypothesis (Ho)
Ho:
There is no significant relationship between labour market demand and
university graduate employability skills in North-west, Nigeria.
Ho1:
There is no significant relationship between academic qualifications
and university graduate employability skills in North-west, Nigeria.
Ho2:
There is no significant relationship between areas of specialisations
and university graduate employability skills in North-west, Nigeria.
Ho3:
There is no significant relationship between work-related experience
and university graduate employability skills in North-west, Nigeria.
Ho4:
There is no significant relationship between age demand and university
graduate employability skills in North-west, Nigeria.
Significance of the Study
The outcome of this research would provide useful information to
educational managers, employers of labour, policy makers and analysts,
curriculum planners, students and academic researchers in identifying
the critical factors affecting the employability of Nigerian University
graduates and the nature of such effect.
The outcome of the
study would help educational managers to look inward and devise series
of means and strategies to produce students that would meet the required
skills and knowledge of modern labour market. It would also enlighten
government on how to plan for graduates in the country and to equally
put the necessary machinery in place geared at repositioning the
educational system to be more responsive to the needs of the society.
The outcome of the study would help in identifying and adopting
strategies to overcome skills shortages which will make university
administrators be a more responsive provider of quality education.
The finding of the study would provide an opportunity to
employers of labour to know the areas of weaknesses of graduates and how
to organise training programmes to address these weaknesses. The
findings of the study would provide the need to develop closer synergy
between employers of labour and universities administrator which would
help in the production of more quality graduates and creation of
employment opportunities.
The findings of the study would
help policy makers and analysts to be more concerned with the
understanding of graduate employability and offer a realistic
description of the factors affecting individuals’ journeys in the labour
market. The outcome of the study would also assist analysts and
policy-makers to move towards more sustainable long-term labour market
strategies by helping to identify the range of labour market factors
that hinder young graduates from moving into suitable work as well as
the necessary interventions and their interconnections.
