Youth unemployment is a major social and economic crisis facing the world today. The link between higher education and employment as perceived by pure educationalist, is going against the true purpose of education. It can even be considered as going against the notion of academic freedom and viewed as arguing that higher education ought to focus on provided necessary training to students for jobs instead of aiming at raising the mental capabilities (Harvey, 2000). The specific objectives of the study were:
1. To identify the essential knowledge and skills that business graduates are expected to attain.
2. To develop a gap model for higher education learning outcomes pertaining to the job market requirements.
3. To develop a conceptual framework of higher education learning outcomes.
4. To evaluate the perceived mismatch between expected and attained learning outcomes from the graduates perspectives.
5. To understand the nature of the gaps in skills and knowledge identified following the graduates survey by investigating into the views of employers.