Thesis Abstract

In this research, it is assumed that unemployment is a factor
inherent in the nation’s economic system, first because intentionally or
unintentionally the policy-makers do not deliberately resort to
measures capable of reducing unemployment to acceptable level. This
research is concerned with wages and means of denitrifying the causes
and measures of curbing the problem created by unemployment. To do this,
this research will specifically investigate the incidence if
unemployment among graduates of institution of higher learning in Enugu
State and to determine what factors are responsible for or that affect
unemployment. The researcher distributed (200) two hundred
questionnaires to the respondent and collected (170) one hundred and
seventy. Data were collected from unemployed graduates the data
extracted from the questionnaire from the validation of research
hypothesis were subjected to chi-square test statistics. And at the end
of the research work, some possible recommendation where made like,
establishment of more industries should be provided in order to absorb
our unemployed graduates and conclusion were made in order to tackle the
problems of unemployment amongst the graduates of higher institution in
Enugu State.

Thesis Overview

INTRODUCTION

1.1  BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

This chapter provides a broad overview of the employment situation in
graduate s which is a major concern of government and their social
partner throughout the region. Theapproach is rather general and
highlights major issues concerning employment problems and prospects in
the region. Because of data limitation, it does not attempt a
comprehensive and quantitative analysis of the employment situation. it
brings with an examination of the employment problems, including
background information on its origin and trends, and then looks at the
nature and underlying causes of contemporary unemployment. Unemployment
of a large portion of the labor force is a central problem now in almost
all the underdeveloped countries.