AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION AND EMPLOYABILITY OF LABOUR IN DELTA STATE

Abstract

This study examined agricultural education as a tool for employability of labour in Delta State. The study achieved two specific objectives, answer two research questions and testes two null hypotheses. A variable stated in study was reviewed in the literature. Entrepreneurial skill theory was used to ascertain the effectiveness of agric education. The study considered some empirical studies propounded by other scholars.  Cross sectional survey research design was used in the study. The population of the study comprised of three (300) hundred respondents and it includes agricultural education male and female students. A random sampling technique was used to select one hundred and twenty (120) respondents out of the entire population. The Sample selection consists of 40 agricultural education male and 80 female students. Questionnaire was used as instrument for data collection and it was validated by two experts in the Department of Agricultural Education University of Benin, Edo State. Data obtained from the respondents shows a reliability index of 0.89 using Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation Coefficient. The data was analyzed with the use of mean and standard deviation while analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The finding of the study shows that agricultural education creates the largest employment for graduates in Delta State. The study concluded that school should continue to teach agricultural education in their curriculum. It is recommended that government should provide adequate farming facilities for agricultural education.