IMPROVING MENTORING IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION IN OUR TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN ENUGU STATE

Patricia C. Iwu

Abstract


This study was a survey aimed at improving mentoring of Entrepreneurship Education in Tertiary Institutions. The study was carried out in Enugu State, Nigeria. The population of the study comprised 210 business educators from all the tertiary institutions in Enugu State. The instrument for data collection was a 22 item questionnaire (Crombach Alpha was used to ascertain the reliability of the instrument. T-test was used to test the hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. Data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation. Results revealed that there was need to improve mentoring in entrepreneurship education in order to equip the graduates of entrepreneurship with entrepreneurial skills that is capable of equipping them for establishment own business and management of other businesses. It was recommended that human and material facilities be provided enough in the tertiary institutions to prepare the students for acquisition of skills and knowledge needed in improving mentoring in entrepreneurship education.

Keywords:Improving, mentoring, entrepreneurship, tertiary institutions.


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