Appraisal of Implementation of Inclusive Entrepreneurship Education Programme in Public Universities in South-South, Nigeria (During Post Covid-19 Pandemic Era)

Abstract

The study was conducted on appraisal of the implementation of inclusive entrepreneurship education programme in public universities in the post-covid-19 pandemic era in South-South, Nigeria. The study utilized two research questions and hypotheses. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the research. The population of the study consisted of 19,862 final year students in universities in SouthSouth, Nigeria. A multistage sampling technique was used to draw a sample of 984 students. Instrument titled Appraisal of the Implementation of Inclusive Entrepreneurship Education Programme Questionnaire (AIIEEPQ) was used for data collection. Descriptive statistics and independent t-test analyses were used to analyse the data. The result was tested at 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed that quality of course content has not significantly enhanced the implementation of inclusive education programme in post-covid19 pandemic era while students’ disposition has significantly enhanced the implementation of inclusive education programme in post-covid19 pandemic era. It was concluded that quality of the course content in the study of Inclusive Entrepreneurship Education has not successfully helped students in the practice of entrepreneurial activities but what has sustained them remains the positive attitude they developed in course of their study, chiefly based on what improved version of life they hope to make of themselves and others through the empowerment as entrepreneurs. Based on the conclusion, it was recommended among others that government and higher institutions of learning should in addition to training, upgrade and implement their entrepreneurship curriculum content to accommodate today’s entrepreneurship skills as they also pertain to the criteria of inclusiveness.