Abstract
Entrepreneurship education is introduced in the polytechnics to provide students with basic skills and knowledge to be self-reliant after graduation. This study investigates the perception of polytechnic students towards entrepreneurship education. A descriptive study was conducted in three purposively selected Federal Polytechnics in Nigeria A structured questionnaire that employed 4-likert scale was the instrument used for data collection. A total number of 475 copies of questionnaire were administered to students who were randomly selected for the study. Frequency, percentages and mean aided by Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) were used for the analysis. This study reveals that significant number of students positively perceived entrepreneurship education in polytechnics. It was however recommended that the stakeholders should give more support towards the realization of the objectives of the programme. Keywords : Entrepreneurship education, polytechnic students, perception. DOI: 10.7176/JEP/12-10-15 Publication date: April 30 th 2021
Highlights
Entrepreneurship education was introduced as a compulsory module for tertiary institutions including polytechnics in Nigeria, with the aim of curbing the menace of youth unemployment in the society
The ability to actualize the objectives of entrepreneurship education depends largely on the perception of the students towards the www.iiste.org programme. It is on this note, that this paper aimed at studying the perception of polytechnic students towards entrepreneurship education in Nigeria with focus on three Federal Polytechnics. 1.1 Objectives of the Study
Based on the findings of this research work, the study concludes that the polytechnic students positively perceived entrepreneurship education
Summary
Entrepreneurship education was introduced as a compulsory module for tertiary institutions including polytechnics in Nigeria, with the aim of curbing the menace of youth unemployment in the society. The increase in the number of unemployed in Nigeria is alarming and gradually becoming unbearable. Thousands of graduates are produced by Nigerian tertiary institutions on yearly basis, but only a few numbers of them are absorbed into the labour market. The Federal Government of Nigeria through the National Board Technical Education was able to introduce Entrepreneurship Education to all Nigerian Polytechnics. The efforts of the Federal Government in introducing entrepreneurship programmes is to equip students with entrepreneurial skills, attitude, and competencies that will help them to become job providers and not job seekers which in turn could bring growth and development to the nation’s economy. It is to ensure that the enterprising behavior of students is strengthened (Lome and Yussouf, 2013; Ajulo, 2019)
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