Societal Perception of Business Education Graduates in Nigeria

Abstract

This paper focused on the societal perception of Business Education graduates in Nigeria. Business Education programme is purposely designed to produce competent, knowledgeable, skilful and efficient workforce who can favourably compete with the dynamics of work environment and also become self-reliant. However, most Business Education graduates in Nigeria are not well recognised by the society because of their negative perception towards Business Education as a course of study. The study thus recommended among others that Business Education curriculum should be made more relevant, updated and tailored towards the development of graduates’ entrepreneurial and employability skills, government should make the programme more lucrative and highly prestigious, teaching and learning should be re-directed from theoretical to practical as this will make graduates of the programme more capable to perform wherever they find themselves and there should be serious public enlightenment on the relevance and prospects of Business Education in Nigeria.