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Quality of Accounting Graduates and Employers' Expectations in Ghana
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Kwabena Agyarko Gyekye; Ophelia Amo – Journal of International Education in Business, 2024
Purpose: This paper aims to examine the skills expected by employers and the skills demonstrated by accounting graduates with data from 160 employers of accounting graduates in Ghana. From the perspective of employers, the authors compare the expected skills to the skills demonstrated by accounting graduates and identify any significant gaps.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Graduates, Accounting, Business Administration Education
The Role of National Service in Enhancing Employability Skills of Tertiary Graduates in Ghana: A Case of National Service Personnel in the Central Region
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Segbenya, Moses; Oppong, Nana Yaw; Baafi-Frimpong, Sally Abena – Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning, 2021
Purpose: One of the means to enhance the employability skills of tertiary graduates transiting into the job market has been the compulsory national service instituted by the Government of Ghana. The purpose of this study, therefore, is to examine the contribution of the mandatory national service to enhance the employability of tertiary graduates…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, National Programs, Service Learning, Employment Potential
Does Higher Education Equip Graduate Students with the Employability Skills Employers Require? the Perceptions of Employers in Ghana
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Damoah, Obi Berko Obeng; Peprah, Augustine Awuah; Brefo, Kwabena Osei – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2021
Recent changes in the labour market and higher education sector have placed graduates' employability on the agenda of researchers, policymakers and employers in both advanced and developing economies. Yet, the question of whether higher education equips graduate students with the employability skills employers require remains under-studied…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Education Work Relationship, Employment Potential, Employer Attitudes
An Assessment of Outcome Criteria Associated with the Implementation of TQM in a Higher Education Institution in Ghana
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Kwarteng, Albert Justice – Cogent Education, 2021
The purpose of the paper was to identify quality dimensions through which the service quality performance concerning TQM implementation in a Higher Education context could be measured from external customers' perspectives. The paper opted for a research survey with an instrument developed on a 5-point Likert-scale of five quality dimensions…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Total Quality Management, Student Attitudes, Alumni
University Preparation and the Work Capabilities of Visually Impaired Graduates in Ghana: A Tracer Study
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Odame, Lois; Osei-Hwedie, Bertha; Nketsia, William; Opoku, Maxwell Peprah; Nanor Arthur, Betty – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2021
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities requires state parties to make deliberate laws, policies and administrative measures to safeguard the right to work of persons with disabilities. However, many countries, such as Ghana, run afoul of this requirement. Currently, there are intense campaigns in Ghana aimed at…
Descriptors: Visual Impairments, College Graduates, Employer Attitudes, Education Work Relationship