Effective Implementation of Entrepreneurial Curriculum in Tertiary Education: A Strategy for Job Creation and Poverty Reduction in Nigeria Society (Published)
The research work is based on effective implementation of entrepreneurial curriculum in tertiary education in South East Nigeria. Three research questions and two null hypothesis guided study. A survey research designed was adopted for the study. The study was carried out in government owned colleges of education in South East Nigeria. The population of the study comprised of all the lecturers in Vocational and Technical Education in seven (7) government owned Colleges of Education in South East. Simple random sampling was used in selecting five (5) colleges of education and fourty (40) lecturers was randomly selected from each of the five (5) sample Colleges of Education. Structured questionnaire was used for data collection. The instrument was validated by experts from department of entrepreneurial education and measurement and evaluation. The reliability of the instrument was established using Cronbach Alpha which yielded a reliability coefficient of 0.78 data. Collected was analyzed using mean and standard deviation and t-test analysis. Findings revealed that areas of entrepreneurial skills in the curriculum are electrical installation, shoe making, ICT, Dress making, plumbing, electronic repairs e.t.c. Constraints militating against effective implementation of entrepreneurial curriculum includes inadequate number of trained leavers in adequate fund, lack of equipment, non-challant attitude of some lecturers, lack of students interest e.t.c. Strategies for effective implementation of entrepreneurial curriculum includes amongst others adequate supply of equipment, adequate funding, regular organization of workshops/seminars for lecturers on entrepreneurship, increasing the time for practicals. The hypotheses tested revealed that a significant difference does not exist between the mean responses of male and female lecturers on the areas of entrepreneurial skills to be included in the curriculum and constraint militating against effective implementation of entrepreneurial curriculum in tertiary education at 0.05 level of significance. The study recommends amongst others that entrepreneurship education must be given proper attention by government, entrepreneurial centres must be properly equipped.
Keywords: Curriculum, Effective, Entrepreneur, Implementation, Job Creation, Poverty Reduction, tertiary education
The Relationship between Entrepreneurship Education and Students’ Entrepreneurial Intentions in Ogun State-Owned Universities, Nigeria (Published)
The alarming rate of unemployment in Nigeria has become a major national problem. To abate this problem, the Federal Ministry of Education made Entrepreneurship Education compulsory for all students of higher institutions in the country. This study therefore investigates the relationship between students’ exposure to Entrepreneurship Education and their career entrepreneurial intentions in Ogun State-owned universities. Six hypotheses were generated for the study. The population comprises all final year undergraduates, with a sample of six hundred and nine. Three research instruments were used. The data collected were analysed using descriptive statistics, Pearson Product-Moment Correlation Coefficient, T-test and ANOVA. Findings revealed that Entrepreneurship Education significantly influences students’ Entrepreneurial intentions. It was recommended among others that Entrepreneurship Education should be practical-oriented so as to have greater participations in classroom interactions which would further enhance motivation.
Keywords: Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurial Intentions, Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship education, Motivation
ENTREPRENEURIAL, TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL SKILLS REQUIRED FOR SELF-RELIANCE AND JOB CREATION IN NIGERIA (Published)
This paper was set to examine entrepreneurial, technical and vocational skills required for self-reliant and job creation. The relevance and appropriateness of the entrepreneurial, technical and vocational education curricula for preparing individual for the world of work is not reviewed on a regular basis. Over the years as a result of industrial revolution, new machine, tools were manufactured for production in the company are now outdated. The industries are concerned about inadequate qualification of trained personnel and unemployable graduates that are roaming the street of the nation. Equally, educational institutions are reluctant to revise their curricula. They tend to stick to traditional and theoretical teaching, using outdated materials. Curricula of entrepreneurial, technical and vocational education review commissions are to look at the possibilities of identifying viable skills and initiatives for the acquisition of skills for self-reliant and job creation. The paper pointed out inadequate infrastructure, issues of technology, teaching students theoretically and government interference as challenges that are hindrances to the promotion of skill required for self-reliance and job creation. It also addressed strategies for self-reliance required for skills acquisition with some recommendations suggested that a combined curricula committee should be setup to x-ray the issues of skills among others.
Keywords: Entrepreneur, Self-Reliance and Job Creation, Technical, Vocational, entrepreneurial