Scaffolding career skills with entrepreneurial skills for youths' employment in Nigeria: attitude, social influence as moderators

Abstract

Among other objectives, this study sought to examine the relationship between career skills and entrepreneurial skills, and entrepreneurial opportunities among undergraduate youths in Nigeria. The purpose was to enable the government develop appropriate educational curriculum that would meet the employability needs of Nigerian youths upon graduation. Proportionate stratified random sampling was used to select sample members from 629 third year undergraduate students from three universities in the north, east and west regions of Nigeria. With the use of probability sampling, sample members were selected from the list of registered 300 level students in the faculties. Descriptive statistics and hierarchical regression were used to analyse data. One of the results indicated that combining career training with entrepreneurial education could lead to self-employment among Nigerian youths after graduation. Therefore, the government should make entrepreneurship studies a compulsory 8-semester course in all undergraduate degree programs in Nigeria. The study was limited to Universities.