Influence of Institutional type and Academic Specialization on the Employability Skills of Undergraduate Students in Southwestern Nigeria

The study investigated the influence of institutions type on the status of adequacy of employability skills of undergraduate students. It also determined the influence of academic specializations (Science oriented, Arts/Humanities, and Social Sciences) on the status of adequacy of employability skills of undergraduate students and as well established the influence of academic specializations (Science oriented, Arts/Humanities, and Social Sciences) on the strengths and weaknesses of the undergraduates in relation to the identified employability skills. These were with the view of providing information on the importance of institutional type and academic specialization on the employability skills of undergraduate students in Southwestern Nigeria. The study employed Descriptive Survey research design. The population consisted of undergraduate students in Southwestern Nigeria. The sample size was made up of 540 undergraduate students that were selected from Federal, State and Private universities with emphasis on three core areas of socialization. Three research hypotheses were raised and verified. An adapted instrument was employed. The results showed that there was no significant influence of institutional types (federal, state and private) on the status of adequacy of employability skills of undergraduates in the study areas (F = 2.420, p > 0.05). The results also indicated that there was no significant influence of (Science Oriented, Arts/Humanities and Social Sciences) on the status of adequacy of employability skills of undergraduates in the study areas (F = 1.870, p > 0.05), whereas there was significant influence of (Science Oriented, Arts/Humanities and Social Sciences) on the strengths and weaknesses of undergraduates in relation to the employability skills in the study areas (F = 5.590, p