The concept of skill acquisition is a global concept that needs to be embraced at all levels of human endeavor. Based on this, the study seeks to investigate the perceived skill needs of agricultural students in public colleges of Education in Kwara State, Nigeria. The population of the study was 1500 agricultural undergraduate students across all three public colleges. Multi-stage sampling procedure was adopted, in the selection of 150 agriculture students in all three 3 colleges of education. The instrument used for data collection was a questionnaire, while descriptive and inferential statistical tools were used for data analysis. The findings revealed that 139(92.7%) of the respondents can communicate appropriately, (92%) have a good sense of human relations, (92.5%) possess the ability to cope with academic stress, (87.5%) possess the ability to adopt innovations while 89.6% possess problem-solving skills. The results also affirm that NCE agriculture students required more skills development; in areas like innovative skills acquisition (X ̅=3.50), and leadership/management skills (X ̅=3.47) among others. The study therefore recommended that the National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE) should extend the students' internship training program for agricultural students to fully acquire all the necessary skills that are relevant to the establishment and sustainability of agro-based enterprises after completion of their study.

Authors:
Adewumi Isreal, Kwara State College of Education, Nigeria
Aremu Mukali, University of Ilorin, Nigeria
Jelili Yusuf, Kwara State University Malete, Nigeria

About the Presenter(s)
Dr ADEWUMI, Idowu Isreal, presently is the deputy provost kwara state college of Education, oro, Nigeria. I have passion for research work which is an avenue for me to make my contribution to the bodies of knowledge as a seasonal academia

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