Research Journal of Educational Studies and Review

Research Paper|Published November 2024|Vol. 9 (1):9-16.

https://doi.org/10.36630/rjesr_24012

 

Exploring Big Data and Blockchain Technology for the Assessment of the Impact of Curriculum Deficiency on Labour Market Deliverables

 

Buoye  PA*, Alawode  AJ and Akinode JL

 

Computer Science Department, Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, Ogun State, Nigeria.

 

ABSTRACT

The changing nature of jobs in the workforce necessitates a match between academic programs and the demands of industries. As a result, the paper used a labor market intelligence approach to evaluate how curriculum deficiencies affect labor market outcomes, specifically for HND computer science programs. The study summed up job advertisements derived from a large data set found on Kaggle comprising over 100,000 records that had been analyzed and matched them with employers’ required competencies. It used advanced techniques such as TF-IDF vectorization and cosine similarity to establish how much the content of a curriculum aligns with employment requirements. Big Data analytics is a process by which immense amounts of information are processed to identify gaps and trends. While, Blockchain technology ensures that data cannot be altered, thus ensuring trust within evaluation processes. The survey results indicate that there exists major voids in today’s curricula, which might hinder  graduates from meeting the expectations and demands of companies. This work provides  suggestions on how institutions of higher learning can change their teaching approaches besides  improving  their curriculums where necessary so as to make them more relevant in meeting the  the  labour market demands. Accordingly, this research adds knowledge into ongoing debates on course design and provides innovative thinking surrounding the impact of emerging technologies.

Key Words:Big Data, Blockchain, curriculum, curriculum-deficiencies labor-market, skill-gap.

 

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