ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION AND BUSINESS EDUCATION STUDENTS’ INTEREST FOR SELFEMPLOYMENT UPON GRADUATION FROM PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN EDO STATE
Abstract
This study was undertaken to investigate entrepreneurship education and business education students’ interest for self-employment upon graduation from public universities in Edo State. For the purpose of the study, three research questions were answered and three hypotheses were tested. The theory of
planned behaviour by Icek Ajzen (1991) formed the framework for the study. The study utilized thedescriptive survey design. Questionnaire was the instrument for data collection. Data collected were analyzed using SPSS version 16. Statistical tools used were mean, standard deviation and t-test. The
findings showed that both male and female students in public universities in Edo State agreed that entrepreneurship education in the universities has the capacity to equip them with employability skills such as risk-taking skill, communication skill, human relation skill, and opportunity recognition skill among others for self-employment. The findings further revealed that both male and female business education students are very optimistic that the entrepreneurship education they have received is very relevant for their self-employment upon graduation. Another finding from the study was that as a result of the entrepreneurship education received, both male and female business education students have very high interest in self-employment. The female students however, indicated some level of lack of competency and self-confidence in their ability to be self-employed. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that National Universities Commission (NUC) in collaboration with authorities of public universities in Edo State should ensure that entrepreneurship education programme for business education is continuously reviewed and evaluated to reflect the needs of graduates from the programme.
There should be vocational counseling sessions for female students in public universities in Edo State to further improve their competencies and boost their confidence for self-employment.
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