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Journal of Emerging Trends in Educational Research and Policy Studies (JETERAPS) (Vol 1 No 1)
| Abstract: Capacity building of students through skill development has become necessary in the country’s educational system to curtail the teaming population of unemployable graduates. Tertiary institutions should be tailored towards skills development oriented rather than the usual acquisition of mere degrees, devoid of skill development, that throws many unemployable youths into the labour market. This study, therefore, examines the curriculum revolution in the tertiary institutions as panacea for capacity building and skill development in Nigeria. A sample of eighty (80) respondents was drawn from some selected institutions (20 each from four states out of the six geopolitical zones of the country). The data collected through survey questionnaires were subjected to analysis using the non-parametric test known as Kruskal Wallis Statistical Technique. Analysis revealed that the curriculums of most of the tertiary institutions are not skill development oriented. Based on these findings, the researcher drew a caveat that unless major efforts are made by the government to overhaul the curriculum of tertiary institutions toward skill development oriented, the country’s educational system will continue to produce mere graduates that lack the capacity and skill development to be self employed and finally contribute to the socio-economic development of the country. |
| Keywords: Capacity Building, Skill Development, Curriculum Revolution, Tertiary Institutions, Nigeria |
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