The Effects of Integration of Entrepreneurship Education for Self-Reliance among Graduates of N.C.E in North Central Zone of Nigeria
- March 16, 2019
- Posted by: RSIS
- Category: Education
International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume III, Issue III, March 2019 | ISSN 2454–6186
Abubakar, M.B, Ajinuhi, S.A, Hassan, Y. Imufutau, S.A.
School of Secondary Education, Vocational Programmes, Federal Collage of Education Kontagora, Niger State, Nigeria
Abstract:-The study examines the effects of integration of entrepreneurship education for self-reliance among graduates of NCE with emphasis on vocational education students of Federal and State colleges of education in North Central zone of Nigeria. Six (6) colleges of education in the North Central of Nigeria were used in the study with three (3) from federal and two (2) from state colleges of education. The instrument used was questionnaire and the population sample comprises of 196 respondents. Four research questions and four hypotheses were formulated which guided the study. The research questions and the hypotheses were answered using the IBM SPSS statistical package version22.The major findings include: there is no significant relationship between level of awareness and students interest in vocational entrepreneurship, but a significant relationship exists between teachers’ competency and the provision of employable skills for students. The findings also reveal that a negative and non-significant relationship exists between community available resources and the teaching and learning of vocational entrepreneurship education. Based on the findings from the study, the following recommendation were made: There is need for student’s awareness of existing employment opportunities in vocational entrepreneurship education right from secondary school which will serve as guide to prospective students that will venture into such discipline.
I. INTRODUCTION
Learning is defined as the behavioral changes that occur over time relative to an external stimulus condition. (Jim, 2008), by this, activities are changed or originated through a reaction to an encountered situation. We can therefore say that someone has learned something if as a result, therewas a behavior change in some ways. This change in behaviors leads to an opportunity recognition (recognized need) in market place, to which an entrepreneur has a response or solution. (Stokes, Wilson and Mador, 2010). Thus recognizing the needs, understanding it and coming up with a feasible means of dealing with it implies certain kind of knowledge. The poor functioning of education, employment and employability has resulted in growth not being translated into sustained poverty reduction. Also entrepreneurship which could have delivered employment benefits has not been able to spread wide the economic value of education and empowerment inherent in education, knowledge and skill acquisition.
