Benue State University, Makurdi

MANAGING ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION FOR JOB CREATION FOR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN NORTH EAST NIGERIA FOR TODAY AND TOMARROW

Peter Isaac Msughter
Department of Educational Foundations and General Studies, Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi

Isaac Tyoakura Ahon
Department of Educational Foundations, Benue State University, Makurdi

Abstract

This study investigated the impact of managing entrepreneurship education on job creation for university students in North Eastern Nigeria for today and tomorrow. Descriptive survey research design was employed for the study. Two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. The population comprised 10,312 staff from in 11 public universities in North-Eastern, Nigeria (Academic staff 7,407 and non academic staff 2, 905). The sample size was 400 selected through multi-stage sampling procedure. The instrument used for data collection was a structured questionnaire titled: Managing Entrepreneurship Education for Job Creation Questionnaire (MEEMQ) reliability of 0.71. The data collected were analyzed using mean score and standard deviation to answer the research questions and chi-square was used to test the null hypotheses at the 0.05 level of significance. The study revealed that there is positive significant impact of students’ supervision and students’ mentoring on job creation for university students in North Eastern Nigeria for today and tomorrow. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended among others that. The university management and supervisors should exhibit and establish a good relationship between them and the students for this will help students to become creative and active in their chosen career and the university management and academic staff should develop mentorship programmes as way through which out of students could be empowered to make worthwhile decisions that impact on their lives.

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