EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAMME ON STUDENTS' EMPLOYABILITY IN AWKA SOUTH EDUCATION ZONE IN ANAMBRA STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

The study evaluated the impact of Teacher Education program on students' employability 
in Awka south Education Zone, Anambra State. Three research questions guided the 
study while two null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. Descriptive 
research design was adopted. The population of the study comprised of 2,000 primary 
and secondary school teachers. The samples size consisted 150 secondary school teachers. 
Teacher Education programme Questionnaires (TEPSEQ) was used to collect data. The 
instrument was validated by two experts from department of educational foundations 
Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Aww. The reliability of (TEPSEQ) was determined using 
crombach alpha method. The reliability coefficient of 0.85 was obtained. Data collected 
were analyzed using mean and standard deviation for answering research questions and 
Chi-square for testing the hypotheses. The findings of the study revealed that Teacher 
Education background has positive impact on Students' employability. Additionally, 
Teacher Education programme affects students’ career success including their capacity 
to find and keep a job in the competitive job market. The authors then suggested that 
government should promote relationship between teacher education programme 
managements and employers to better graduates of the programme for the workforce.