Corporate Establishments' Preferences and the Quest for Overseas' Qualifications by Nigerian University Students

Autor/inn/en	Okunola, Rashidi Akanji; Ikuomola, Adediran Daniel
Titel	Corporate Establishments' Preferences and the Quest for Overseas' Qualifications by Nigerian University Students
Quelle	In: Educational Research and Reviews, 4 (2009) 12, S.626-633 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1990-3839
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Study Abroad; Occupational Surveys; Employer Attitudes; Interest Inventories; Education Work Relationship; Employment Qualifications; Educational Certificates; Access to Education; Questionnaires; Interviews; Employee Attitudes; Student Attitudes; Educational Research; Nigeria + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Berufsanalyse; Arbeitgeberinteresse; Interest profile; Interessenprofil; Employment qualification; Vocational qualification; Vocational qualifications; Berufliche Qualifikation; Bildungsabschluss; Schulzeugnis; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Fragebogen; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Arbeitnehmerinteresse; Schülerverhalten; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung
Abstract	This study examines corporate establishment demand as the quest for foreign education in Nigeria and seeks to expose the motivation behind the rush abroad for foreign education; explicated by the increasing level of university seekers within and outside Nigeria. A combination of quantitative and qualitative research methodology was adopted for this study. Major findings revealed that employers of labour demand for foreign certificates holders over national certificates holders. Among the sampled respondents, the effect of certificates acquired abroad on the nation's industries has declined. It was also observed that free-tuition institutions have increased students rush to study abroad irrespective of the courses being offered. Based on these findings, it is suggested that there is the need for government to reform the Nigerian educational system; to eliminate the discrimination on employment based on foreign degrees, as well as families to reorient their wards on courses being offered abroad. (Contains 5 tables.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Academic Journals. e-mail: err@academic.journals.org; e-mail: service@academicjournals.org; Web site: http://academicjournals.org/ERR2
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10