ACQUISITION OF ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS AND POVERTY ALLEVIATION
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2025
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Kwasu International Journal of Educational Management and Leadership (KIJEMAL)
Abstract
Skill acquisition has become the order of time given its importance in advancing global
economy. This study examined the role of entrepreneurial skills’ acquisition in alleviating
poverty. It is a descriptive survey design that permits holistic representation of variables
engaged. Population of the study covers the entire NCE students of the Department of
Business Education, Kwara State College of Education Oro, from which a sample size of 120
stratifiedly selected samples were selected. A well-structured questionnaire was adopted as
the research instrument, which was validated by three Business Professors of the Kwara state
University, Malete. Croribach Alpha formulae were used to test for the result reliability. Data
collected were analyzed through Mean and Standard Deviation measurements. The study
revealed that acquisition of entrepreneurial skills correlates and positively impacts poverty
alleviation going by the mean statistical value evidence of 21.4%. In general, the study
recommends that since acquisition of entrepreneurial skills is a function of poverty
alleviation, the Nigerian government should embed into the existing institutional
entrepreneurial projects, training programmes and the mechanisms to monitor and adjust
them as trend may demand. Also, government should ensure the provision and sustainability
of all required entrepreneurial training facilities in public schools (especially higher
institutions) for this will assist government in redirecting the vision and interest of our youth
towards jobs creation, self-reliance and nation building.