Influence of Overschooling on the Employability ofElectrical/Electronics Technology Graduates in Rivers State Universities

Abstract

The study was conducted to ascertain the influence of overschooling on employability of job 
seekers among Electrical/Electronics technology graduates in Rivers State. The study adopted 
a descriptive survey design with a population of 47 postgraduate electrical/electronic 
technology students of Rivers State Government owned universities. The entire 47 students 
were employed as sample for the study. Instrument used for data collection was a questionnaire 
titled, Overschooling and employability questionnaire. It was validated by three experts and 
with reliability coefficient of 0.81 obtained using Cronbach Alpha. Data collected were 
analysed using mean for research questions and t-test for the hypotheses. The result of the study 
showed that overshooling had negative influence of ability to gain initial employment and to 
maintain employment. It was also found that overschooling had negative influence on 
possession of skills to transit from one job to another among electrical technology graduates in 
Rivers State. Based on the result, it was recommended among others that Instruction and 
training activities in institutions of learning should integrate transferable and generic skills in 
instructional delivery to enhance job mobility among graduates