Improving Vocational Skills for Entrepreneurial Development in Government Technical Colleges in Enugu State, Nigeria

Abstract

The study centered on improving vocational skills for Entrepreneurial Development in Government Technical Colleges in Enugu State. It specifically sought to find out how to improve innovative and self-motivation skills for entrepreneurial development in Government Technical Colleges in Enugu State, Nigeria. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design. The population for the study was 67 teachers. Of these 39 were male teachers and 28 were female currently serving in the 2 government owned Technical Colleges in Enugu State. No sampling was done since the population as small. A self-structured questionnaire developed by the researcher called Vocational Skills for Entrepreneurial Development Scales (VSF-EDS). The instrument was face validated by three (3) research experts: one in Measurement and Evaluation and two others in Guidance and Counselling Department. Cronbach Alpha reliability estimate was used to ascertain the internal consistency of the entire instrument which is .87. 63 out of 67 copies of the instrument were retrieved, signifying 94.03 % return of duly filled copies of the administer instrument. Data collected for this study were used to analyze the two research questions using mean, grand mean and standard deviation. The findings obtained from the analysis showed that improving vocational skills for entrepreneurial development in Government Technical Colleges in Enugu State, Nigeria are by being creative, by thinking of something new that sustains entrepreneurial spirit, inventing new products with a difference in the society, forming a good attitude towards customers and thinking creatively in impacting knowledge. Hence, the researcher observed that improving vocational skills for entrepreneurial development in Government Technical Colleges in Enugu State, Nigeria are by being self-motivated, by desiring to meet certain standards in the pursuit of becoming productive, by being committed to organizational goals, by having the ability to take advantage of opportunities when they occur and by pursuing goals in the face of setbacks. Based on the findings, the researcher recommended, among others that entrepreneurial centres in our institutions in Nigeria must be equipped and utilized to assist students to bridge gap created by the theoretical nature of our vocational education programme that will make students to be creative and self-motivated. Keywords: Vocation, Skill, Vocational Skills and Entrepreneurial Development.