STRATEGIES FOR ENHANCING THE INTEGRATION OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION INTO HOME ECONOMICS FOR SUSTAINABLE RETIREMENT OF WOMEN IN UMUNNEOCHI, ABIA STATE

Abstract

The study focused on strategies for enhancing the integration of entrepreneurship education into Home Economics for sustainable retirement of women in Umunneochi LGA. Three research questions and one hypothesis guided the study. The study adopted a survey research design. Area of the study was Umunneochi LGA, Abia State. Population of the study was 3,450. It was made up of all rural and urban women living in Umunneochi LGA. Sample for the study was multistage sampling techniques. Nneato, Isuochi and Umuchieze were used for the study. Each of the three areas has three (3), eight (8) and four (4) communities respectively given a total of 15 communities. In the second stage, purposive sampling techniques was used to select 420 (120 urban & 300 rural) women. Instrument for data collection was structured questionnaire. It was validated by three experts. The reliability of the instrument was pilot tested. Cronbach alpha was used to determine the internal consistency of the instrument. From data collection techniques, all copies of questionnaire were completed correctly and return. Mean and standard Deviation were used for data Analysis while t-test was used to test the hypothesis. Findings include 10 factors affecting entrepreneurship education, 7 importance of entrepreneurship education and 12 strategies for enhancing the integration of entrepreneurship education. From the hypothesis analysed, there was no significant difference. From the findings, recommendations were made among which is that government should assist in training entrepreneurship educators to strengthen them, give loan to entrepreneurship educators.