Authors :
ONYEMAH, Lizzy Nkem
Volume/Issue :
Volume 7 - 2022, Issue 12 - December
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DOI :
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7525142
Abstract :
The study examined entrepreneurial skills
required of business education graduates for sustainable
livelihood through investment in small-scale business as
perceived by business educators in Colleges of
Education, Delta State. Two research questions and two
hypotheses guided the study. The study adopted the
descriptive survey research design. The study population
comprised 113 business educators in three (3) Colleges of
Education in Delta State. Since the population was
sizeable, there was no sampling. A researcher-developed
questionnaire titled "Entrepreneurial Skills Required of
Business Education Graduates Questionnaire
(ESRBEGQ)" was used to collect data. The 15
questionnaire items used in this study were structured
using a four-point response scale. The draft of the
instrument was given to three experts who are lecturers
in the Department of Educational Foundations to
ascertain the face validity of the instrument. With the
help of two research assistants, the researcher
administered 113 copies of the instrument and retrieved
108 copies used for analysis. The data collected were
analyzed using mean and standard deviation, while the ttest was used to test the null hypotheses at a 0.05 level of
significance. For the research questions, the decision was
based on the criterion mean of 2.50. The findings of the
study revealed that, to a great extent, risktaking/adaptation skills and creative thinking skills are
required of business education graduates for sustainable
livelihood through investment in the small-scale business
as perceived by business educators in Colleges of
Education, Delta State. The study recommends, among
other things, that business education students in Colleges
of Education should be regularly exposed to
entrepreneurial skills acquisition centers within the
neighborhood for practical knowledge of entrepreneurial
skills relevant to the economic needs of the immediate
environment.
Keywords :
Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial Skills, Business Education, Small Scale business.
The study examined entrepreneurial skills
required of business education graduates for sustainable
livelihood through investment in small-scale business as
perceived by business educators in Colleges of
Education, Delta State. Two research questions and two
hypotheses guided the study. The study adopted the
descriptive survey research design. The study population
comprised 113 business educators in three (3) Colleges of
Education in Delta State. Since the population was
sizeable, there was no sampling. A researcher-developed
questionnaire titled "Entrepreneurial Skills Required of
Business Education Graduates Questionnaire
(ESRBEGQ)" was used to collect data. The 15
questionnaire items used in this study were structured
using a four-point response scale. The draft of the
instrument was given to three experts who are lecturers
in the Department of Educational Foundations to
ascertain the face validity of the instrument. With the
help of two research assistants, the researcher
administered 113 copies of the instrument and retrieved
108 copies used for analysis. The data collected were
analyzed using mean and standard deviation, while the ttest was used to test the null hypotheses at a 0.05 level of
significance. For the research questions, the decision was
based on the criterion mean of 2.50. The findings of the
study revealed that, to a great extent, risktaking/adaptation skills and creative thinking skills are
required of business education graduates for sustainable
livelihood through investment in the small-scale business
as perceived by business educators in Colleges of
Education, Delta State. The study recommends, among
other things, that business education students in Colleges
of Education should be regularly exposed to
entrepreneurial skills acquisition centers within the
neighborhood for practical knowledge of entrepreneurial
skills relevant to the economic needs of the immediate
environment.
Keywords :
Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial Skills, Business Education, Small Scale business.
