Entrepreneurial skill training needs of Business Education graduates of colleges of education for self-employment in Nasarawa State, Nigeria

Abstract

This study was carried out to determine the entrepreneurial skill training needs of Business Education graduates of colleges of education for self-employment in Nasarawa State. Survey research design was adopted. Two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. The population for the study was 112 respondents made up of 49 graduates and 63 entrepreneurs. The instrument for data collection was questionnaire. Three experts did face validation of the questionnaire. Cronbach Alpha method was adopted to determine the internal consistency of the instrument which yielded reliability coefficients of 0.87 and 0.89 for expressed importance and level of performance mean and training need index (TNI) were used to answer the research questions, while t-test statistic was used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Findings revealed no significant difference between mean responses of entrepreneurs and graduates in all the entrepreneurial skill training needs except in five out of ten items on managerial skills training needs. It was concluded among others, that Business Education graduates need creativity and managerial skills training. It was recommended among others that government should set up special grants for regular training and retraining of Business Education graduates to prepare them for self–employment opportunities.