Industrial Design Graduates in the Nigerian Labour Market： Unemployed or Unemployable

作     者：Femi Kayode Gordy Iyama 

作者机构：Federal University of Technology Modibbo Adama University of Technology 

出 版 物：《Journal of Philosophy Study》 (哲学研究（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2018年第8卷第2期

页      面：67-77页

学科分类：1305[艺术学-设计学（可授艺术学、工学学位）] 13[艺术学] 08[工学] 081201[工学-计算机系统结构] 0812[工学-计算机科学与技术（可授工学、理学学位）] 

主　　题：graduate labour market competences unemployment specialization collaboration 

摘      要：The annual turnout of faculty graduates in Nigeria is not only increasing numerically but it is ironically, unemployed and other times unemployable. This assertion is supported by researches in the social sciences and reasons adduced to the trend range from lack of qualitative and unavailability of teaching and research facilities, as well as insufficient capable human resources among others. This paper x-rayed the case of Industrial Design graduates and their post training outcome, to understand whether or not graduates of Industrial Design are gainfully employed, unemployed, or unemployable; and why？ Research design used was survey, while the instrument administered on the sample size was structured questionnaire. Two hundred and thirty-three （233） students of Industrial Design constituted the sample size. The research questions were analyzed with the aid of Table of frequency distribution, while a non-parametric test by way of Friedman＇s two-way ANOVA was used to analyze the hypotheses. The outcome of the study revealed that, though the programme of Industrial Design is evolving as craft-based, it is viable. Graduates of the programme are not unemployable in the Nigerian labour market. Finally, the paper proffers solutions and recommendations in form of ideas and deductions to enhance the aim of the study.