Entrepreneurship education as a predictor of economic development of undergraduate students of Islamic studies
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2024
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Kampala International University (KIU).
Abstract
This study examined entrepreneurship education as a predictor of the economic development of undergraduate students of Islamic Studies. The research design employed in this study was correlational. The population of this study was all undergraduate students of Islamic Studies from all universities in Nigeria, while the target population was undergraduate students of Islamic Studies from all universities in the North Central Geopolitical Zone. The instrument used in this study was a researcher-developed questionnaire titled “entrepreneurship education and undergraduate students’ economic development”. The experts properly carried out the validity and reliability of the instrument, and a reliability index of 0.83 was recorded. Percentage was the descriptive statistical tool used to describe the demographic distribution of the respondents, while Point-Biserial Correlation was used to test all hypotheses formulated in the study. The findings of this study showed that the percentage of female undergraduate students of Islamic Studies engaging in entrepreneurship was higher than the percentage of male undergraduate students of Islamic Studies in the North Central Geopolitical Zone. Also, the findings of this study demonstrated that entrepreneurship education did not significantly predict undergraduate students' Islamic Studies’ economic development. It is therefore concluded in the study that entrepreneurship education does not predict the economic development of undergraduate students of Islamic Studies. It is recommended in the study that Undergraduate students of Islamic Studies in the North Central Geopolitical Zone should endeavour to harness the knowledge acquired to improve their economic standard.