Influence of Entrepreneurship Education on Students Attaining Business Development Awareness and Skills Acquisition in Nigeria

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to verify entrepreneurship education influence on Nigerian higher education institutions students in attaining business development awareness and skills acquisition. It also sorts to comprehend the extent business development awareness and skill acquisition have been attained by students of Nigerian higher education institutions as a result of entrepreneurship education. An evaluation design was adopted for the study which covered five higher education institutions in Imo and Ebonyi states. Two research questions and two null hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. A purposive sample technique was used to select 280 students for the study. Five hundred and sixty (560) students were used for the study and the main instrument used for data collection was objective realization test constructed by the researchers. The instrument was subjected to face and content validation as well as item analysis to determine difficulty level and discrimination index. The extent of attainment of business development awareness and skill acquisition was based on a criterion referenced test determine through a trial testing of the instrument on a group of 30 respondents. K-R 20 approach was used to determine a reliability coefficient of 0.97 which was judged highly consistent hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significant. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions. The results among others revealed that business development awareness and skills acquisition have been attained by many Nigerian higher education institutions students to a little extent as a result of entrepreneurship education. Based on the findings of the study, recommendations were made.