The need to inculcate generic skills into graduates to meet the demands of the ever dynamic workplace has been of concern to stakeholders in education and the world of work. This concept of a global competitiveness, and generic skills were reviewed and discussed. This paper also examined the importance of generic skills; and factors influencing generic skills development among graduates were highlighted. This factors calls for different approaches and shift in pedagogy in developing generic skills for global competitiveness which include: change in instructional delivery, from the traditional method of instruction to cooperative learning model. It also involves integration and contextualized learning, creating world class spaces for learning, enhanced utilization of technology and inclusive learning and teaching environment for producing global workers in building technology.

The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of faculty affiliation and teaching experience on the use of the Internet by faculty members in six first generation universities in Southern Nigeria. A total of 476 faculty members from nine faculties across the six universities participated in the study. The data for the study was collected by means of a questionnaire survey and this was deemed appropriate as it allowed the views of all the participants to be sought on a Likert-type scale options. The results of this study provide a number of insights: (a) the faculties of engineering, science and arts in that order were the foremost users of the Internet for instructional purposes; (b) the faculties of Education and Agriculture were the least experienced in the use of the Internet; (c) faculty members with less than five years teaching experience use the Internet more than the older faculty members. Recommendation was made that universities in Nigeria should invest more in ICT facilities.

This article describes the nature of pre-vocational education in Nigeria, the curriculum of pre-vocational subjects, and the definition and the organisation of work visits. Part of the article is a study which sought to investigate the perception of pre-vocational students on work visits and the problems affecting work visits at the junior secondary schools in the South-western Nigeria. On the whole, 1000 students who were randomly sampled from 40 schools from five states in South-western Nigeria and 250 teachers of pre-vocational subjects were used for the study. The findings showed a considerable neglect of work visits in the junior secondary schools in the South-western Nigeria.

This article describes the nature of pre-vocational education in Nigeria, the curriculum of pre-vocational subjects, and the definition and the organisation of work visits. Part of the article is a study which sought to investigate the perception of pre-vocational students on work visits and the problems affecting work visits at the junior secondary schools in the Southwestern Nigeria. On the whole, 1000 students who were randomly sampled from 40 schools from five states in Southwestern Nigeria and 250 teachers of pre-vocational subjects were used for the study. The findings showed a considerable neglect of work visits in the junior secondary schools in the Southwestern Nigeria.

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