Employability skill and framework for TVET employment in Nigeria

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to develop the employability skills definitions and framework for TVET graduates employments in Nigeria. The literatures from international definitions of employability skills were reviewed. The findings indicate the developed definitions and framework for TVET graduates employments in Nigeria. The definitions involve three themes including generic skills with eleven employability skills, core TVET skills with six employability skills and personal attributes with two employability skills. The indicators of each employability skills were identified. The framework indicates the importance of employability skills integration to TVET curriculum for the production of employable and marketable TVET graduates in Nigeria.