Perception of supervisors about secondary schools vocational agricultural science teachers employability skills in Bauchi and Gombe States, Nigeria

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the supervisors’ perception of employability skills needed by graduates teaching Agriculture Science in secondary schools. Two research questions guided the study. The design of this study was a survey research design. The area for this study was Bauchi and Gombe States. The population for this study includes all the supervisors of Agriculture Education graduates teaching Agric Science in secondary schools. Purposive sampling was used to select 25 supervisors each from Gombe and Bauchi states and, totalling 50 respondents. The instrument was a structured questionnaire which was validated and pilot tested to obtain its reliability coefficient (Cronbach's Alpha) of 0.98. Data collected were analyzed using AMOS 18 statistical packages for windows. Findings of this study revealed that the supervisors have perceived the employability skills needed bygraduates for teaching agricultural science in secondary schools as important and thegraduates are competent. It is recommended that all the employability skills be retained or included in the university agriculture education curriculum. That means more “hands-on” should be incorporated in the classroom teaching.     Key words: Perception, supervisors, vocational agriculture, teachers, employability skills.