Benue State University, Makurdi

INFLUENCE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION ON STUDENTS’ SELF-EMPLOYABILITY IN TECHNICAL COLLEGES IN BENUE STATE

Caroline N. Ahua, Jackson A. Ter Inguran PhD and Joan N. Ada PhD

The study investigated Influence of Entrepreneurship Education on Students’ Selfemployability in Technical Colleges in Benue State. The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of entrepreneurship education on students’ employability in Technical Colleges in Benue State. Two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. The design for the study was descriptive survey. The population of the study was 3123 students of Technical Colleges in Benue State with a sample of 300 students representing 10% of students. A self-structured questionnaire titled: Entrepreneurship Education and Students’ Employability Questionnaire (EESEQ) containing 10- item was used for data collection. The instrument was validated by experts. Descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviation were used to answer research questions while chisquare (𝑥 2 ) test of goodness of fit was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed that clothing and textile production and woodwork production have significant impact on students’ self-employability in Technical Colleges in Benue State. Based on the findings, recommendations were made among others that teaching of entrepreneurship education should combine theory with practical to leave a lasting effect on learners, teachers of entrepreneurship education should be increased in number to cope with the number of students to expose the students to skill acquisition subjects in addition to entrepreneurship education to enhance students’ self-employability.

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