UTILIZATION OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES BY STUDENTS FOR SELF-SUSTAINABILITY: THE CASE OF FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC, NEKEDE, OWERRI, IMO STATE, NIGERIA
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The study was carried out to determine the extent of utilization of entrepreneurship training opportunities by students for self-sustainability. Descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. Three research questions guided the study. The population of the study comprised four hundred (400) final year Higher National Diploma (HND) students from School of Business and Management Technology (SBMT). systematic sampling technique was adopted to sample 247 HND II students representing 62% of the population. A four Point Likert Rating Scale questionnaire was the instrument used for data collection. The instrument was validated by two experts in School of Business and Management Technology and one expert in Technology Entrepreneurship Development Centre in Federal Polytechnic Nekede Owerri. Mean and Standard Deviation were the statistical tools used to analyze the data while Cronbach Alpha Reliability Test (CART) was used to determine the internal consistency of the instrument which yielded reliability co-efficient value of 0.77 showing that the instrument for the study was reliable. The results of the data indicated amongst others that entrepreneurship training opportunities by HND II students are available and are utilized at high extent. It was therefore concluded that entrepreneurship training opportunities are available at Federal Polytechnic Nekede Owerri, and the students are interested in utilizing the knowledge and skills acquired when they graduate. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that tertiary institutions should consolidate entrepreneurship training in such a manner that students would develop more positive attitude with good mind-set of becoming entrepreneurs, self-sustained or secure paid employment after graduation. Secondly, Government assistance to graduates in the form of soft loans and good access road are other ways of ensuring that the diverse entrepreneurial skills acquired from school could be put into productive use.
Keywords: Entrepreneurship, Training, Opportunities, Skills, Utilization, Self-Sustainability, paid employment
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