Challenges of Apprenticeship Development and Youths Unemployment in Nigeria

Abstract

This study essentially seeks to understand the importance of apprenticeship training to development in Nigeria, factors responsible for decline in apprenticeship development and career implication for youth engaging in apprenticeship. The study engaged both Parson functional perquisite postulate and Modernization theory in advancing understanding on the subject matter. The research work engages cross-sectional research approach, which combines Questionnaires and in-depth interview (IDIs) in sourcing for useful information from selected wards in Ife-east Local Government, Osun State. Cluster sampling technique was engaged in selecting 150 respondents for administration of questionnaire while purposive sampling was engaged in selecting 10 interviewees for in-depth interviews sessions. Data were analyzed using descriptive and content analysis. Findings from this study revealed Nigerian economy cannot develop until apprenticeship is encouraged among the youths and among other recommendations, strongly recommended that incentive should be implemented for youth who want to engage in skill acquisitions and apprenticeship should be encouraged among youth as career pathway for alleviating poverty.