QUALITY ASSURANCE IN VOCATIONAL BUSINESS EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR JOB CREATION AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

The paper focused on quality assurance in vocational business education for job creation and national development. In recent times, the quality of graduates from our tertiary institutions in skilled-related courses has been questioned. The quality and standard of skill acquisition by our graduates affects employability. If vocational business education is provided in our tertiary institutions with little or no attention to quality assurance, the goals of job creation and national development will be unattainable. The paper therefore highlights the importance of and some quality assurance factors in vocational business education, challenges of quality assurance, the roles of business education and areas of job creation in vocational business education.  The paper concludes by calling on the necessary supervisory bodies in tertiary institutions, (NUC, NBTE,NCCE, etc) to intensify continuous supervision as well as ensure that academic activities, functional equipment and manpower are not compromised.