INFLUENCE OF MENTORSHIP BY EXPERIENCED ENTREPRENEURS ON MENTEES/STUDENTS’ GROWTH IN FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC, NEKEDE OWERRI IMO STATE

Julie Uba Njoku, Josephine Nwachukwu

Abstract


The paper is a case study that discusses the role of mentorship by experienced entrepreneurs on mentees/students growth at the Federal Polytechnic NekedeOwerri, Imo State. Mentoring is simply an act of professionally experienced academic/entrepreneurs, guiding, advising and assisting the students and impacting the required skills. The study aims at finding out among others the role of mentorship by experienced entrepreneur. mentor on addressing the constraint which potential entrepreneurs face. In pursuit of the purpose of the study, the description design as well as case study design wereadopted. A sample of 130 students was selected from the five Departments in the School of Business and Management technology. For the study, four research questions guided the study. A structured questionnaire was designed to elicit data from the respondents. The mode of responses to the questionnaire items were structured in line with the four point modified work-type. Among others, the findings of the research reveal that mentorship by experienced entrepreneurs mentors play active roles in addressing the constraints which potential entrepreneurs face. It is recommended that since economic growth is a function of individual activities and skills in society, entrepreneurship mentors are needed in all schools to vigorously instill in students proper entrepreneurship training and development through mentoring.

Keywords: Mentorship, Experienced Entrepreneurs, Mentees, Students, Growth.


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