DOI: 10.36347/sjahss.2022.v10i12.007

Pages: 573-577

Vocational education is a course of study designed to produce graduates who are knowledge and skill oriented, it produces graduates who are competent in their career and area of specialization to fit in the world of work. Vocational education trains graduate to be competent in industries, marketing and other businesses. It empowers graduates to be self-employed and employers of labor. This paper deliberated on requisite vocational skills required by youth for self-employment in Enugu State. It covered the scope of knowledge skills, attitudinal skills, work habit, and psychomotor skills required for self-employment of youth in Enugu State. The need to ensure that youths are adequately equipped on the highlighted skills was also discussed. The discussion of these skills was paramount especially now that unemployment is on the high side.