Part time students of Lagos State University (LASU) during their matriculation ceremony recently.
Maiyaki also stated that the commission has made entrepreneurship study compulsory for students in the nation’s universities, in addition to curriculum re-engineering and collaboration with industry to enhance employability of Nigerian graduates.
While speaking further at the conference, themed: ‘Cultivating new frontiers in employability research for skills and career enhancement, Maiyaki said graduates must be fully equipped to face the challenges of a dynamic and interconnected world, constantly advancing in technology.
He said the improvement and update of educational programmes constituted a continuum that must align with the realities of global best practices.
He said: ”Entrepreneurship has now become part of our educational experience. This is because in the face of unrelenting unemployment and disconnect between theoretical and practical knowledge, it is the responsibility of NUC to begin to convene meetings of this nature to highlight issues surrounding employability.
”We hope that international platforms of this nature with all the experts and academics will deepen knowledge surrounding the issues of employability so that we are well informed,” he said.
Maiyaki also pledged that the conference would harness some of the topical issues, best practices and emerging trends worldwide, while formulating implementation machinery with concrete implementable actions to drive graduates’ employability.
