Impact of Teaching Entrepreneurship on the Employability of Secondary School Graduates in Sokoto South, Sokoto State, Nigeria

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume III, Issue VIII, August 2019 | ISSN 2454–6186

Impact of Teaching Entrepreneurship on the Employability of Secondary School Graduates in Sokoto South, Sokoto State, Nigeria

Abdullahi Bello Abubakar¹, Usman Mohammed², Abubakar Sadiq Lawal³, Buhari Marafa^4
1Department of Business Administration, Umaru Ali Shinkafi Polytechnic, Sokoto, Nigeria
²Department of Education, Biga College of Education, Sokoto, Nigeria
³Department of Business Education SSCOE, Sokoto, Nigeria
⁴Department of Social Studies SSCOE Sokoto, Nigeria

Abstract: – The study investigated the impact of teaching entrepreneurship on the employability of secondary school graduates in Sokoto south, Sokoto state, Nigeria. The study covered 5 schools in Sokoto south local government. A cross sectional survey was used in order together information from various respondents from the five secondary schools in Sokoto south local government, Sokoto state, Nigeria. The population of study comprised of the Principals, Teachers, Parents and Student. The study was conducted using a descriptive research design because the researcher intended to collect data from various persons in 5 schools in Sokoto south local government. A sample size of 81 was used in the study .They comprised of 5 Principals, 10 teachers, 6 parents and 60 students from the selected secondary schools in Sokoto south local government. Purposive sampling and simple random sampling techniques were used for selecting the respondent’s .The findings indicated that the teachers in secondary schools in Sokoto south local government have impact of implementation of teaching entrepreneurship education, How the achievement of teaching of entrepreneurship impact on secondary schools students, Challenges facing teaching entrepreneurship education in secondary schools in Sokoto south local government. The research recommended that government and schools administrators should provide various teaching aids to schools to improve teaching and learning process in secondary schools in Sokoto south local government. The challenges faced are big numbers of students, inadequate teaching materials, unqualified teachers, lack of teaching method for teaching entrepreneurship education schools in Sokoto south local government. Finally the interventions identified are the need for the government and schools administrators to provide teaching aids to the secondary schools in Sokoto south local government. The conclusions arrived at the government that is Federal ministry of education and State ministry of education should provide teaching aids like instructional materials, textbooks and other facilities in order to improve the standard of teaching entrepreneurship education in secondary schools in Sokoto south local government Sokoto state Nigeria.

Keywords: entrepreneurship, employability, school administrators, and instructional materials

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