CATERING SKILLS ACQUISITION AND YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT REDUCTION AMONG YOUTHS IN CROSS RIVER STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

This study examined Catering skills acquisition and Unemployment Reduction among Youths in Cross River State, Nigeria. one hypothesis was formulated to guide the study. Literature was reviewed according to the sub-variables under study. The study adopted survey research design. The population of the study comprised of 983 youth. A sample of 544 respondents was drawn for the study. The sampling was done through stratified and simple random sampling techniques. The instrument used for data collection was a structured questionnaire “adapted from NDDC (203 youth between 2017 and 2019. Titled vocational skills acquisition and employability of youths (VSAEYQ).” Split-half reliability was used to determine the reliability of the instrument. One-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used to analyze data in the hypothesis. The hypothesis was subjected to testing at .05 level of significance. The findings revealed that there was a significant influence catering skills acquisition on unemployment reduction among youths. It was recommended among others that caterers should be encouraged by government and other agencies in order to boost their productivity and decrease unemployment.