INFLUENCE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION ON POLYTECHNIC STUDENTS’ INTENTION FOR VENTURE CREATION

Joshua Mamman, PhD, Hadiza Nuhu Usman, PhD, Umar Bobboi

Abstract


In addition to fostering students' desire and readiness to launch their own firms, entrepreneurship education was established to generate graduates with the skills required to meet society's demand for labour. The study was designed to find out respondents' perspectives regarding the influence of entrepreneurship education on Polytechnic students of their consistent intention to launch their own businesses in Adamawa State, Nigeria. A research question guided the study, and a null hypothesis was tested at the 0.05 level of significance. Utilizing a descriptive survey research design. Seven thousand nine hundred and seventy-nine (7,979) students from two polytechnics in Adamawa State made up the population, and 367 students were chosen at random as respondents using a stratified random sampling technique. The "Influence of Entrepreneurship Education on Polytechnic Student’s for their Consistent Intention to Launch their own Businesses Questionnaire" (EEPSCILBQ) The data was collected using a structured validated questionnaire and it was used to gather information for the study, also was suitably verified by experts; a Cronbach alpha reliability coefficient of 0.89 was obtained. In order to address the research question, 367 copies of the questionnaire were distributed, collected, and analysed using mean and standard deviation. The independent samples t-test statistic was employed to test the hypothesis of the study, the results of the data collected were analyzed and indicated that polytechnic students showed a positive ambition to start their own businesses. The research findings stated that Polytechnic students possess competencies and expertise in entrepreneurship education concerning the formation of basic business ventures, concept generation, idea assessment, and company start-up implementation. The study concluded that entrepreneurship education is essential for giving students knowledge, abilities, and mindset they need to start their own businesses and improve the Nigerian economy. The study, therefore, recommended that, the authorities of Polytechnics should keep encouraging students to attend conferences, seminars, and workshops that enhance entrepreneurship education, since research has shown that these activities positively influence the perceived consistency of entrepreneurial ambition.

Key words: entrepreneurship education, consistent intention, and launching businesses.


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