Digital and Business Skills Necessary to Curb Youth Unemployment in Delta State, Nigeria

The research focus on digital and business skills required to curb youth unemployment in Delta State. There was no sampling since the population was manageable. Data were collected through the aid of questionnaire and analyzed using mean and standard deviation. The data collected were analyzed using Cronbach Alpha. The reliability coefficient of the result was RQ1 = 0.86 and RQ2 = 0.91 given a mean of 0.89 confirming great reliability of data. The business skills required as confirmed by the research are business problems solving ability, business plans development ability, business opportunities recognition ability, ability of people coordination in achieving business objectives, business innovations ability, ability to generate new methods of achieving things, amongst others While digital skills required as confirmed by the research are E-mail marketing skills, social media marketing skills, search engine marketing skills, amongst others. The null hypothesis was accepted that there is no significant difference between the mean responses of female and male business education lecturers on the digital and entrepreneurial skills to curb youth unemployment at 0.05 level of significance. Since it could curb unemployment, it is hereby recommended that digital and business skills acquisition should be strengthened in all educational establishments. The teaching and acquiring of business and digital skills should boost the educational establishments’ curriculum and government policies to motivate greater job opportunities and job creation for youths.