Employment Capacity and Literacy Relativity in Nigeria: The Entrepreneurial Training Implications in the Organisation of Flexible Learning
Keywords:
Employment, literacy, entrepreneur, training, flexible learningAbstract
This is an empirical discourse on the relativity of employment capacity and literacy in Nigeria, and the consequent entrepreneurial training implications for flexible learning. The study had the following scientific qualities: Significance testing of P<.01, a null hypothesis, secondary data source, participants’ average age of 29.5 years, survey design, non-probability cluster sampling, interval measurement, Pearson Product-Moment Correlation, and descriptive statistics. The result of the statistical analyses of the data accepted the null hypothesis that employment capacity in Nigeria did not significantly increase proportionately with literacy. Thus, employment capacity in Nigeria has almost reached its saturation point, while the literacy rate is just about the average point. The result, having a negative outcome, indicated a disproportionate relationship between employment capacity and literacy in Nigeria. Flexible learning as a literacy programme cum policy should, therefore, be modelled towards entrepreneurial training of the learners. The essence of this is to expand the employment competency of individuals, and the employment elasticity cum opportunities of the Nigerian society.
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