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
Entrepreneurship Education in Nigerian Tertiary Institutions: A Remedy to Graduates Unemployment (Published)
Study investigated exposure of under-graduates students to entrepreneurial education for post-graduation job creation ability. The population consisted all the final year students of Educational Administration, Ebonyi state University 2013/2014 academic year totaling 200 respondents. The population served as the sample size. The instrument was a structured questionnaire, subjected to face and content validation by experts in Educational Administration; Measurement and Evaluation units, test for reliability yielded a reliability coefficient of 0.79. Pearson Product Moment Correlation (r) statistics and population t-test of analysis were used to analyze the data at 0.05 alpha level. The findings showed a significant relationship in the three hypotheses. The result implies that entrepreneurial education is relevant to students with regard to equipping them with skills for post-graduation job creation ability rather than job seekers. The study recommended collaborative efforts of National University Commission with Department of Educational Administration to identify other entrepreneurship programmes to address graduate unemployment on graduation.
Keywords: Entrepreneurial Skills, Entrepreneurship education, Innovation and Competency., Job Creation, Unemployment
ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION, JOB CREATION FOR GRADUATE EMPLOYMENT IN SOUTH-SOUTH GEOPOLITICAL ZONE OF NIGERIA (Published)
In recent time, research studies have shown that entrepreneurship education is necessary for gainful self-employment and self-reliance. The researcher has also observed that self-reliance on the part of graduates is still a mirage. In the Nigerian socio-economic context, youth employment ratio is also on the increase. The study investigated how our graduates are getting along about employment, job creation and entrepreneurship development. Two research questions guided the study. The questionnaire titled Entrepreneurship Education and Job Creation Questionnaire (EEJCQ) of 5 likert scale of 1 to 10 was used for data collection. The data was analyzed using population t-test. The results were tested at 0.05 level of significance with a degree of freedom 549. The results revealed that career intervention in four dimensions of entrepreneurs’ skills, and level of skills acquired after completing entrepreneurship course are significantly very high. Based on the findings, it was recommended that more emphasis should be placed on technical and vocational education and training. Provision of infrastructures like electricity; qualified professional teachers for quality teaching; equipment of trade laboratories and workshops to support the teaching of entrepreneurship courses in the University.
Keywords: Entrepreneurship education, Graduate Employment, Job Creation