A Correlate of Curriculum and Employability Skills of Tertiary Institutions' Graduates in Lagos State, Nigeria

Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) are valuable institutions for the development ofgraduate employability and the overall national economy. However, there is a gulf betweencurriculum contents and employability. The study was conducted to determine the correlationof tertiary education curriculum and graduate employability skills in Lagos State, Nigeria. Adescriptive research design of correlational type was used. The population of the study wasrespondents (tertiary institution graduate employees) from industries in Lagos State. Twohundred and fifty (250) respondents were selected by convenience sampling by theresearchers. Two adapted questionnaires tagged Curriculum Design Questionnaire(CDQ) and Employability Skills Survey Questionnaire (ESSQ) were used for thestudy based on the three areas of graduate skills (personal, core and process skills).Pearson Product Moment Correlation was used to test the three null hypotheses at the .05level of significance. Findings showed that tertiary education curriculum was positivelycorrelated with graduate personal quality skills (r=0.627), core skills (r=0.314), and processskills (r=0.809). The study concludes that the tertiary institution curriculum and graduateemployability are significantly correlated. The study recommends that implementationstrategies for employability curriculum should be intensified in higher education institutions.<br>