IIARD International Institute of Academic Research and Development

JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND SOCIAL WELFARE RESEARCH (JPASWR )

E-ISSN 2504-3597
P-ISSN 2695-2440
VOL. 7 NO. 1 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.56201/jpaswr.v7.no1.2022.pg1.16

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Effect of Certificate on Knowledge and Skills Acquisition in Nigeria: A Case Study of Some Selected Tertiary Institutions in Nasarawa State

Zhebago, Emmanuel Peter , Mohammed Dauda

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Abstract

The study identifies and examines the emerging gap between certificate, knowledge and skills acquisition in the Nigeria educational system especially at the tertiary level. The quality of every emerging nation to greatness is measured on the strength of its human capital development through the acquisition of formal education as Nigeria cannot be an exception. The main problem that triggered this study is to find out the emerging gap of having certificate without corresponding knowledge in Nigeria? The main objective of this study is to examine the effect of certificate without corresponding knowledge and skills in Nasarawa State, Nigeria. The study analyzes the objective of higher education, meaning and importance of examinations, causes and in-depth analysis of examination malpractices in Nigeria tertiary institutions. The study adopts Human Capital Theory as its theoretical framework. The study adopts both primary and secondary method of data collections as its methodology by using simple percentage formula. Using the sample size of 300 out of the entire population of (3030), comprises of staff of Nasarawa State Polytechnic, Lafia (545), College of Agriculture, Science and Technology Lafia (498) Nasarawa State University, Keffi (1015) and Federal Polytechnic, Nasarawa (972). The adoption of criterion means in answering the research questions through the adoption of five point likerts scale format. The finding reveals that the general effects of having certificate without knowledge and skills in Nasarawa State tertiary institutions include promotion of mediocrity, low productivity, lack of quality research, falling academic standard, poor value systems, self-deceit and incompetence in career development. It also showed that the major stakeholders in the education sector shared in the blame of examination malpractices. In view of this, it was however recommended that; the Nigeria education system must wage-war against promotion of mediocrity, l

keywords:

Certificate, Knowledge, Skill Acquisition, Tertiary Institution and Knowledge-based systems (KBSs)

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