ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS POSSESSED BY BUSINESS EDUCATION STUDENTS FOR SUSTAINABLE ENTERPRISE IN EKITI STATE

Abstract

The study investigated entrepreneurial skills possessed by Business Education students
for sustainable enterprise operation in Ekiti State. Four research questions guided the
study while one null hypothesis was formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance.
The study adopted a descriptive survey research design with a population of 168 final
year students (400 Level). The entire population was used for the study due to its
manageable size. The instrument for data collection was the use of Questionnaire
validated by three experts. Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation was used to determine
the reliability of the instrument and this yielded 0.89 coefficient. Descriptive statistics of
mean and standard deviation were used to answer all the research questions. The null
hypothesis was tested using t-test statistics at 0.05 level of significance. Findings
revealed that managerial skills, marketing skills and ICT skills were possessed to a low
extent, while accounting skills were possessed to a high extent. Based on the findings,
conclusion and recommendations were made. The study therefore, recommended
among others, that curriculum of business education should be reviewed with a view to
incorporating the skills identified into business education programme in order to
guarantee adequate training of business education graduates who are set to establish
and run sustainable enterprise towards self-reliance and job creation rather than hunting
for the limited white collar jobs.

Keywords: Entrepreneurial Skills, Sustainable Enterprise.