Acquisition of Entrepreneurial Competencies by Graduates of Technology Education for Sustainable Self-Employment in Enugu State
Abstract
The central objective of this study was to determine the extent of acquisition of entrepreneurial competencies among graduates of technology education for sustainable self-employment in Enugu State. Three research questions and three null hypotheses were developed to guide the study. The study adopted descriptive survey research design. The study population of the study was 77 final year students in technology education programmes in public Universities in Enugu State. There was no sampling as the entire population was studied. The instrument for data collection was a 28-item structured questionnaire divided in two sub-categories based on the research questions that made for the study. The questionnaire items were structured in four-point rating scale. The questionnaire was validated by experts while the reliability of the instrument yielded 0.78 using Cronbach Alpha. Out of 77 copies of questionnaire distributed 72 copies were properly filled and returned giving 93.51% return rate. The data collected were analyzed using mean, standard deviation and t-test statistics. Based on the result of data analysis, the study found that there are low extent of acquisition of technical entrepreneurial competencies, managerial entrepreneurial competencies and interpersonal entrepreneurial competencies among graduates of technology education for sustainable self-employment in Enugu State. Based on the findings, recommendations were made among which include that the government and relevant bodies should provide facilities for teaching technical entrepreneurial competencies to the students for sustainable self-employment and technology educators teaching entrepreneurship should increase effort in the teaching of managerial and interpersonal competencies to the students of technology education for sustainable self-employment.
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