TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL SKILLS REQUIRED FOR SUCCESSFUL ENTREPRENEURSHIP BY BUSINESS EDUCATION STUDENTS IN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS

Dr. Hadiza Nuhu Usman

Abstract


The study examined how technical and financial skills needed for successful entrepreneurship as perceived by business education students in North-Eastern Nigeria. The study was guided by two research questions and two null hypotheses. The study employed a mixed-method research design that combined quantitative methodology with a qualitative approach. The population consisted of 864 NCE III business education students in colleges of education and NDII students in polytechnics in Nigeria's North-Eastern Zone. Two sixty-nine students were chosen at random, using stratified random sampling technique. The instrument was a questionnaire while a semi-structured interview questions was used to collect the qualitative data of the study. The instrument were administered with the assistance of six research assistants. Research questions were analyzed using Mean and Standard Deviation. The null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance using independent sample t-test and One Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). The researcher employed content analysis for the study's qualitative component. According to the study's findings, entrepreneurship education significantly influences business education students' technical and financial skills. The study concluded that entrepreneurship education influences technical and financial skills as perceived by business education students in tertiary institutions. The study' recommend among others that colleges of education and polytechnics administrators should further encourage promotion of technical and financial skills competencies in students for entrepreneurial endeavours through entrepreneurship education curriculum

 

key words: Technical skills, financial skills, entrepreneurship education and business education students


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