NATIONAL DIRECTORATE OF EMPLOYMENT BASIC NATIONAL OPEN APPRENTICESHIP SCHEME TRAINEES’ RATINGS OF THEIR EMPLOYABILITY IN ANAMBRA STATE

Abstract

The study determined National Directorate of Employment Basic National Open Apprenticeship
Scheme trainees’ ratings of their employability in Anambra State. Two research questions and
two null hypotheses guided the study. The descriptive survey design was adopted. All the
population, which was 240 NDE B-NOAS 2021 trainees from three Local Governments in
Anambra State, was used as the sample. A 63-item questionnaire was used for data collection,
which were validated by three experts. Test re-test reliability method was employed, and
Pearson Product Moment Correlation Co-efficient was used to determine the reliability of the
instrument, which yielded an overall co-efficient of 0.87. Mean and standard deviation were
used to answer the research questions, while analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to test the
hypothesis. The findings revealed that NDE B-NOAS trainees possessed high technical and ICT
skills after their training for employability in Anambra State. There was a significant difference
in the mean ratings of graduates of tertiary institutions and school leavers of lower level of
education on their technical skills and ICT skills for employability after NDE B-NOAS training
in Anambra State. It was, therefore, concluded that that adoption of technical skills and ICT
skills will go a long way to increase the quality of manpower and reduce the rate unemployment
or dependence on government for job. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others,
that effective instructional technique and strategies should be adopted by trainers to achieve
employability skills necessary for the world of work for their trainees.