HUMAN RESOURCE FACTORS AND EMPLOYABILITY OF EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT UNDERGRADUATES IN SOUTHWEST, NIGERIA

Abstract

This paper examined the nexus between human resource factors and the employability of Educational Management undergraduates in Southwest, Nigeria. The study employed descriptive survey research design of correlational type and multi-stage sampling technique to select 1,201 300L educational management undergraduates and 154 educational management lecturers in the eleven universities that offer educational management in Southwest, Nigeria. A self-structured questionnaire titled ‘Human Resource Factors and Employability (HRFEQ’) was used to collect data for the study. Findings revealed prevalence of a low level of employability of educational management undergraduates in areas of competence (x? = 2.355) and attitude (x? = 2.434) and that the level of human resource factors in terms of lecturers’ classroom management abilities (x? = 2.376) is also low, but high in the area of lecturers’ attitude (x? = 2.624 ). Thus, the study recommended regular supervision of educational management lecturers’ classroom management by the National Universities Commission (NUC) with the aim of improving their competence in this area, among others.