Entrepreneurship Skills Acquired for Employability by Business Education Graduates in Rivers State Universities

Abstract

The study assessed entrepreneurship skills acquired for employability by Business Education graduates in Rivers State Universities. The descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The population of the study consisted of forty (40) Postgraduate Masters students. The entire population was studied, and no sampling was done as the population size was considered manageable by the researchers. The instrument for data collection was a self-structured questionnaire. The instrument was validated by three experts. The reliability of the instrument was established using Cronbach’s Alpha Method which yielded an aggregate coefficient of 0.80. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer research questions, while hypotheses was tested using t-test inferential statistics. Findings revealed that there is a statistical significant relationship between entrepreneurship skills acquired by Business Education graduate students in Rivers State Universities and their employability. Also, finding revealed that Postgraduate Masters students in Rivers State University and Ignatius Ajuru University of Education do not differ significantly in their mean responses regarding entrepreneurship skills acquired for employability. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that: Business Education students in Universities should be given awareness by their lecturers on the need to acquire entrepreneurship skills. Also, Business Educators should train students to be equipped with entrepreneurship skills that will enable them function in the world of work.