Effective Learning Skills and Labour Market: Implication for Community Development

Abstract

Learning is a life-long process through which one uses acquired experiences to deal with new situations, develop new relationships and solve new problems. Learning in school must not be seen as being enough for solving everyday problem, hence there is need to learn and develop new skills that are practicable and can make people become employable in labour market. The problem of unemployment is all over the world now, however, those who had acquired necessary skills would find themselves employable in any situation. This study examines the effective skills that would make graduates of universities either employable or be self reliant in their own businesses. The researcher employed a descriptive research design of the survey type. A sample of 100 respondents was used for the study while a self designed questionnaire tagged “Effective skills for Labour Market and Implication for community Development” was used to gather the needed data. The data collected were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. One research question and three hypotheses were generated for the study and the results show among others that there is a significant relationship between effective labour skills and employability and that employability is significantly related to improved living which is an index of community development. It is, therefore, recommended that for graduates to be gainfully employed in a bid to contribute to the development of their persons as well as their communities, they must be armed with effective skills which would lead to their productivity in the labour market. Thereby, improving their living standards as well as being able to make their impact felt in their communities.

Assessment of academic achievements of special children

“…Life skills growth is a normal development that starts when a kid is born but it frequently requires involvement to boost up (Srikongphlee et al, 2018). The environment in which an individual grows learns behaves provides the primary stages for life skills development (Adedokun, 2019). Life skills allow persons to recognize their weaknesses and strength for stable behavior (Chiang et al, 2017).…”

Assessment of Academic Achievements of Special Children

“…Life skills growth is a normal development starts when a kid is born but it frequently requires involvement to boost up (Srikongphlee et al, 2018). The environment in which an individual grows, learns behaves provide the primary stages for life skills development (Adedokun, 2019). Life skills allow persons to recognize their weakness and strength for a stable behavior (Chiang et al, 2017).…”

Vocational Adult Education and Rural Development in Ekiti State

“…All the programmes of adult education would work together to equip the people with various life skills as there should be a "sandwich" of adult educational programmes in order to reposition rural communities. Life skills is suggestive of people's need to learn to acquire various skills they require to live well in a technological changing world as societies revolve around them (Adedokun, 2019). This implies that vocational adult education cannot be given in isolation of literacy skills.…”

“…Various life skills should be acquired alongside vocational skills to make life better in rural communities. The World Health Organisation (WHO), (1995) in Adedokun (2019) identified the cross cultural areas of life skills which are germane to living qualitative life in any community. Such include, decision making, problem solving skills, creative and critical thinking, communication and interpersonal skills resilience and other coping skills among others.…”