Open AccessEntrepreneurship Education and Small-Scale Business Management Skill Development among Students of Auchi Polytechnic Auchi, Edo State, Nigeria
Author(s) -
Philipa O. Idogho,
Barr. Ainabor Augustine. E
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
international journal of business and management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1833-8119
pISSN - 1833-3850
DOI - 10.5539/ijbm.v6n3p284
Subject(s) - graduation (instrument) , entrepreneurship , curriculum , scale (ratio) , entrepreneurship education , test (biology) , government (linguistics) , mathematics education , management , psychology , political science , pedagogy , business , engineering , geography , economics , finance , mechanical engineering , paleontology , linguistics , philosophy , cartography , biology
The study investigated the extent to which the entrepreneurship education introduced in tertiary institutions in Nigeria as part of Federal Government initiatives, has imparted in students, the management skill development needed to set up small-scale businesses, using Auchi Polytechnic, Auchi as a case study. A sample of 300 final year students were selected using the random sampling technique. The study tested a hypothesis of no relationship between exposure to entrepreneurship educational experience and managerial skill development among the respondents. The Pearson correlation analyses used in the test showed that there is a positive correlation between the variables, i.e., entrepreneurship education and managerial skill development (r = 0.349; p < 0.05). It also found that students who received instruction in entrepreneurship education showed a greater desire to set-up small-scale businesses after graduation (r = 0.379; p < 0.05). The study thus concluded that the entrepreneurship education introduced into the curriculum for tertiary institutions had made some appreciable impact on the students. It thus recommends an intensification of the programme of instruction for entrepreneurship education among Nigeria’s tertiary technical institutions