Educational resources and students’ acquisition of vocational skills in business studies in junior secondary schools in ekiti state

The study investigated educational resources and students’ acquisition of vocational skills in business studies among Junior Secondary Schools (JSS) students in Ekiti State. Descriptive survey design was adopted. The population comprised all the 477 business studies teachers in the 187 JSS during the 2017/2018. academic session. The sample comprised of 179 business studies’ teachers. The study employed a stratified random sampling technique. Instruments used for data collection was self-developed questionears. Data collected were analyzed, the results revealed that business studies teachers are not evenly spread, most of the infrastructural and instructional facilities are not adequately provided also, not all the five components of business studies are effectively taught in most of these schools. Based on the findings it is concluded that most of the JSS leavers in public schools do not possess employable vocational skills in business studies. It is therefore recommended that the state government should recognize business studies as a subject that requires instructional facilities/equipment and be proactive in funding it.