Entrepreneurship Education and Self-Employment Intention: The Case of Students in Kwara State Universities
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2019
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Rift Valley Technical Training Institute (RVTTI), Eldoret, Kenya
Abstract
Self-employment intention is crucial to the formation, growth and development of
entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship on the other hand is seen as the engine of economic growth
and sustainable development of emerging economies like Nigeria. This study examined the
impact of entrepreneurship education on self-employment intention among business education
students in universities in Kwara State. The study answered two research questions and one
null hypothesis was tested for the study. Descriptive survey research design was used for the
study. The population of the study comprised of 372 business education students from the three
universities offering business education in Kwara State. The study was a census study.
Entrepreneurship Education and Self-employment Intention Questionnaire (EESIQ) which was
duly validated with a Cronbach alpha reliability coefficient of 0.82 was used to gather data for
the study. Three hundred and seventy two copies of the questionnaire were administered, and
all were retrieved and used for the study. The data collected to answer the research the
questions were analyzed using mean and standard deviation. Linear regression (least square
regression) statistics was used to test the hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. The study
found that students have a strong positive intention for self-employment, and entrepreneurship
education has a significant positive impact on students’ self-employment intention for
sustainable development (B = 1.78; t(370) = 9.257, P = 0.000). Based on the findings, the
following are recommended among others: there is need for management of universities to
make entrepreneurship education a compulsory course to all departments as this will help to
direct youth’s attitude towards self-employment, Non-govermental Organizations and
philantropists should also do more in the area of start-up capital for the students who indicated
strong self-employment intention to help them actualize their intention.