PROMOTING SELF-RELIANCE THROUGH THE ENHANCEMENT OF CREATIVITY IN BUSINESS EDUCATION STUDENTS IN OYO STATE TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Sunday Adeagbo, Peter Adekunle Oluwafemi, Fatai Bolanle Lasisi

Abstract


Creativity has become one of the most sought-after skills from graduates across business and industry to attain self-reliance for sustainable development. The study adopted a descriptive design. Four research questions guided the study. The population comprised 1074 business education lecturers and students in tertiary institutions in Oyo State, south west Nigeria, out of which 97 lecturers and 320 business education students were randomly selected as sample. Questionnaire was used for data collection, while descriptive statistics (mean) and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions. The instrument wasvalidated by three experts in business education and a reliability coefficient 0.75 was obtained which makes the instrument adjudged reliable. Results showed the following benefits of developing creativity as: enhancement of skill acquisition, promotion of entrepreneurship and self-reliant among others. Based on the findings, the study concluded that there is considerable need to enhance creativity in business education students for them to succeed in vocation and be self-reliant. The study recommended among others that business education lecturers should adopt student centred teaching strategies and make deliberate efforts to foster creativity among students to enable them become self-reliant upon graduation considering the high level of unemployment in Oyo State and the nation as a whole.

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