Assessing the Role of University of Cape Coast as a Skills Development and Skills Utilization Institution: The Case of School of Business

Abstract

The study was conducted with the broad objective of assessing the the role of employability and skills development courses: the case of School of Business, University of Cape Coast. A purposive sampling technique was employed in sampling outpatient and health professionals for this study in which 7 lecturers and 3 past students of the related sample populations were selected. Qualitative data was collected through the use of interviews which were transcribed over multiple paly and analysed semantically by close reading of the text The results revealed that skills development is a central part of the courses taught by the lecturers. It was concluded that, measurement of skills among students depends largely on the objectives of the course as well class presentations and assignments. In addition, although, some positive impacts are being made, there is the need improve more on the impacts being made. Lastly, lack of mechanisms in place to check up on the students makes it difficult to know the impact. It was recommended that, other colleges and schools in the University of Cape Coast should make effort to ensure that programs and courses offered to students prepare them adequately for the job market and the University of Cape Coast School of Business should put in place mechanisms to trace the effectiveness and the efficiency of their students in their respective places of work.