Influence of Entrepreneurship Centres on Acquisition of Entrepreneurial Skills

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume V, Issue I, January 2021 | ISSN 2454–6186

Influence of Entrepreneurship Centres on Acquisition of Entrepreneurial Skills

 Uche Enweani(CLN)
University Library, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Anambra State, Nigeria

Abstract:- The research was conducted to analyze the impact of entrepreneurship centers in Nigeria on the development of entrepreneurial skills. Among other items, the study found that entrepreneurship centers have a moderate impact on the development of creative skills, marketing skills and business management abilities. It was concluded on the basis of the results that entrepreneurship centres play an important role in students’ development of entrepreneurial skills. Therefore, it was suggested, inter alia, that higher institutions provide training to facilitators and equip business directorates with up-to-date equipment and facilities for the purpose of enhancing student training. From time to time, there is also a need to invite experienced entrepreneurs to engage with students in practical ways and best practices to develop, maintain, and sustain business projects. This will go a long way in developing the passion for entrepreneurship after graduation among students.

KEY CONTENTS: Acquisition, Entrepreneurial, Skills, Entrepreneur, Business Venture, and Students.

Introduction

There has been growing global concern about the rising rate of unemployment around the world in recent times, particularly in most developing countries such as Nigeria, where young people have been identified as the most affected group. As implemented in Nigerian polytechnics, entrepreneurship centers are expected to inculcate in students the practical skills and experiences required to be self-employed and self-reliant through small-scale business management of small-scale businesses. To this end, educational institutions need to equip their students with the requisite entrepreneurial skills to be self-employed and fit into the modern world of work (Idogho & Esheotse, 2011).
Entrepreneurship centres, also known as entrepreneurship resource and information centres in some polytechnics, are a nomenclature arising from the off-shot of government responses to the global problem of graduate unemployment, poverty, and wealth formation. Agboola (2010) states that the entrepreneurship centre in the polytechnic framework is a unit or directorate of the polytechnic saddled with the mission of ensuring the sufficient acquisition of entrepreneurial skills by students so that they can be self-reliant and self-employed after graduation. Likewise, Audu (2013) believes that because polytechnic education is technically focused, entrepreneurship centers are set up to build the skills of identifying high-potential, technology-intensive, business opportunities, collecting resources such as talent and money, and managing rapid growth and significant risk using principled decision-making skills in polytechnic students

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