Abstract
Unemployment among business education graduates in Enugu State has led to adverse effects such as underdevelopment and increased crime rates leading to the need for solutions. Green skills are important requirement for employment in the twenty-first century. Hence, the study sought to ascertain the green skill needs of business education graduates for self-reliance in the twenty-first century in Enugu State. Two research questions guided the study, while two null hypotheses were tested at a 0.05 level of significance. The study adopted a survey research design. It was carried out in government-owned tertiary institutions in Enugu state that offer business education. Forty-six comprised 29 male lecturers and 17 female in government-owned universities in the study area. The entire population was studied due to the fact the population was manageable. Hence, there was no need for any sampling or sampling technique. A structured questionnaire was employed as an instrument for data collection. Three experts validated the instrument. Cronbach Alpha reliability coefficient of 0.81 was obtained for the instrument. Data was collected by the researcher with the help of two research assistants. Data were analyzed using mean, standard deviation, and t-test. Based on the data analyzed, the study identified ten green skills in the use of the Internet of Things and nine green skills in the use of business intelligence. The study recommended, among others that: Curriculum development organizations like Nigeria Educational Research and Development Council should ensure that green skills like the use of Internet of Things are inculcated into the curriculum of business education for continuous relevance of the programme in the twenty-first century, Policy-makers have to enact policies/laws that would lead to an increase in the number of green jobs available to Business Education graduates so that they can effectively utilize their green skills, such as utilization of business intelligence to secure such jobs; and Federal/State Governments, through the Ministry of Education should employ experts to train lecturers practically on the use Internet of Things and Business Intelligence so that they can effectively transfer the knowledge and skills to their students.
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