ENTREPRENEURSHIP/VOCATIONAL SKILLS ACQUISITION AS CORRELATE OF CURBING UNEMPLOYMENT IN ONDO STATE

Abstract

The rising tide of unemployment and its concomitant ugly effects on the society remains a major concern to nations, including Nigeria. The ambitions of Nigerian Youths especially graduates call for urgent attention, hence, the need for entrepreneurship education. Entrepreneurship has no definite definition. In order to curb unemployment among students at graduation, it is imperative that all hands must be on deck. This study therefore examined the entrepreneurship/vocational skills acquisition as correlate of curbing employment in Ondo State, Nigeria. The study was streamline to Akure South Local Government Area of Ondo State where, Federal University of Technology, Akure was purposively used for the study. One Hundred (100) students from all the departments in the institutions were randomly selected for the study. It was evident in the study that curbing unemployment is as important as schooling itself. Furthermore, it was evident that female students do well in entrepreneurship skills than the males. It was concluded that unemployment is on its verge in Nigeria. Considering the numbers of graduates each year, the incidence of unemployment is an indication that the nation is set on the part of un-productivity. The need to adequately cater for this incidence therefore can be ameliorates through vocational and entrepreneurship teachings. Among others, it was recommended that grants should be encouraged by philanthropists, governments and all and sundry in order to encourage vocational and entrepreneurship skills among students