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The objective of this study is to examine the inclusion of employability skills into the existing Arabic curriculum in Nigeria tertiary institutions to provide more job opportunities for Arabic graduates. The study used mixed methods as research design to answer three research questions and two hypotheses. Nine sets of components generated 44 items: 18 items are on relevance, job-opportunity and work-environment to the contents of the curriculum while the remaining 26 items are on identified employability skills. A total population of 1,350 students were selected across universities and colleges of education in Yoruba land, Nigeria. Out of this population, a total number of 344 respondents finally responded to the study. The researcher also made use of interview technique to explore the opinion of 12 stakeholders who were carefully selected from various universities and colleges of education in Yoruba land on the state of the current contents of Arabic curriculum in use in Nigeria, fac.....

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This Paper discussed the inclusion of creative thinking skills into the existing Arabic curriculum in Nigeria_s tertiary institutions to provide more job opportunities for Arabic graduates. The study used a total population of 1350 students selected across universities and colleges of education in Yorubaland, Nigeria. Out of this population, 303 samples were finally drawn for the study. The research question of the study is to what extent Arabic curriculum content predicts employability skills of the graduates? The research hypotheses are: Arabic Curriculum content predicts creative thinking skills of the graduates in Nigeria, and b) R0: Arabic curriculum content does not predict creative thinking skills of the graduates in Nigeria. The Principal component analysis, Simple Regression Analysis, and other statistical tools were used for data analysis. The findings of the study show that there is a significant relationship between creative thinking skills and content of Arabic language. M.....

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