The study determined the Strategies for Enhancing Vocational Skills Acquisition by Students in Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Rivers State. Two purposes, two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. This study adopted a descriptive survey research design. The study was carried out in Ignatius Ajuru University of Education Rivers State. The population of the study was 101 respondents, comprising 45 female lecturers and 56 male lecturers in Ignatius Ajuru University of Education Rivers State. The entire population was used since the population is of manageable size. Thus, purposive sampling technique was used. A structured questionnaire instrument was used to collect data for the study titled „Vocational Skills Acquisition Questionnaire (VSAQ)‟. The instrument was structured on four-point response options of Very High Extent (VHE), High Extent (HE), Low Extent (LE) and Very Low Extent (VLE) with values of 4, 3, 2, and 1 respectively for each item. The instrument was face-validated by three experts. 30 copies of the questionnaires were administered among lecturers in Rivers State University; hence this did not form the part of the main population of the study. The Cronbach Alpha reliability coefficient formula was used to determine the reliability of the instrument. This yielded 0.68 reliability index. The finding of the study revealed that to a high extent would school/industry collaboration enhance Vocational Skills Acquisition by Students in Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Rivers State. It was recommended that Government and policy makers should strengthen the Collaboration between schools and industries as this would enhance vocational skills acquisition by students.