scholarly journals Nexus Between Entrepreneurship Education and Employability Skills of Tertiary Institution Students in Ilorin Metropolis

2022 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Entrepreneurship Education ◽  
Target Population ◽  
Employability Skills ◽  
Skills Acquisition ◽  
Tertiary Institution ◽  
State College ◽  
New Business ◽  
Good Policy ◽  
Level Of Significance ◽  
Higher Institutions

This study examines nexus between entrepreneurship education and employability skills of tertiary institution students in Ilorin metropolis. To establish this, two research questions were raised for the study. The target population for the study comprised students of Kwara state College of Education, Ilorin. One hundred and eighty students were randomly selected. A structured questionnaire was designed as the instrument for data collection. Regression analysis statistical method at 0.05 level of significance was used to test the formulated hypotheses. The study revealed that entrepreneurship curriculum contents contain information on how students can identify and shape opportunities, new business concepts and bring through entrepreneurship among students of tertiary institution in Ilorin Metropolis. This study concluded that entrepreneurship education is a good policy on employability skills acquisition among students which makes them to be self-sustenance after graduation. The study recommended among others that entrepreneurship lecturers should introduce and use innovative/modern methods in teaching students of higher institutions the art and practice of entrepreneurship. This can be achieved by ensuring that right facilities are in place and the lecturers must be qualified and equipped with adequate and updated knowledge and skills. Keywords: Curriculum, Entrepreneurship, Education, Employability skills, Ilorin

scholarly journals Knowledge, Attitude and Utilization of Entrepreneurship Programmes by Students in Cross River State College of Health Technology, Calabar, Nigeria

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
G. A. Ugal ◽  
A. J. Adie ◽  
J. Ekpe Osim
Keyword(s):  
Utilization Rate ◽  
Sustainable Business ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Statistical Tool ◽  
Cross River State ◽  
State College ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Level Of Significance ◽  
Higher Institutions ◽  
Collaborative Efforts

The key objective of entrepreneurship education in higher institutions generally is to foster a culture amongst students with a view of not only educating them but to also support graduates towards establishing and also maintaining sustainable business ventures. To achieve the purpose of this study, the basic structures and three research objectives, questions and hypotheses were formulated. A well designed questionnaire was prepared, two hundred and sixty copies printed and distributed to respondents. Two hundred and fifty - five (255) copies (of the questionnaire) were returned, representing 98% success, while five (5) copies were destroyed for want of information and poor completion. The two hundred and fifty – five copies were used for analysis. The data were extracted from the questionnaire and arranged in tables to ease percentage analysis. Chi – square statistical tool was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The result revealed that entrepreneurial education is relevant to students in the institution as it equipped them with skills for post-graduation job creation ability, the students’ low attitude towards the scheme which seems to have negative effect on the utilization rate. The study recommended collaborative efforts of Government to identify other entrepreneurship programmes to address unemployment on graduation.

scholarly journals Growing Metalwork Craft Businesses through the Lens of Entrepreneurship Education

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-9
Author(s):  
Arikpo Sampson Venatius ◽  
Aede Hatib Musta'amal ◽  
Ogumbe Boniface Ekwok ◽  
Otu Aniema Edet
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Technical Education ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Entrepreneurship Education ◽  
Employability Skills ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Practical Realization ◽  
School Based ◽  
Education School ◽  
Higher Institutions

Abstract The problems of unemployment and poverty among technical education graduates require students to develop employability skills. One way of solving these problems is through the effective teaching of entrepreneurship education, especially at technical-based higher institutions. The research adopted the narrative review approach that seeks to give an understanding of current knowledge on the rationale of metalwork craft, the concept of entrepreneurship education, school-based enterprise and their usefulness for graduates’ employment and productivity in Nigerian. The review showed that entrepreneurship education in the Nigerian higher education institutions seems to be more about creating entrepreneurship awareness, as against the practical approach, which is a means for developing entrepreneurship skills. Some challenges were highlighted that impede the successful implementation of entrepreneurship studies in Nigeria and recommendations made towards the practical realization of entrepreneurship education in our higher institutions.

scholarly journals Institutional Variables and Student’s Employability Skills Development in Public Universities in Cross River and Akwa Ibom States, Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 33
Author(s):  
Mary Anike Sule ◽  
Francisca Nonyelum Odigwe ◽  
Ovat Egbe Okpa ◽  
Emmanuel Sunday Essien ◽  
Mary Ibene Ushie
Keyword(s):  
Rating Scale ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Employability Skills ◽  
Skills Acquisition ◽  
Institutional Variables ◽  
Cross River ◽  
Test Population ◽  
Faculty Of Education ◽  
Level Of Significance ◽  
The University

This study addresses institutional variables as determinants of employability skills acquisition among undergraduates in Cross River and Akwa Ibom States, Nigeria. Three research hypotheses were posed to guide the study. A descriptive survey research design was employed for the study. The population comprised of final year students in Faculty of Education at the University of Calabar numbered 904 and University of Uyo 939 respectively. Stratified random sampling technique was used to select data and a sample of 108 was drawn from University of Calabar and 112 drawn from the University of Uyo. A self-structured rating scale titled “Students’ Employability Skills Acquisition Scale (SEASAS). Face and content validity of the instrument was done by supervisor and experts, Cronbach alpha reliability coefficient range were .73-.92. Hypotheses were analyzed using t-test (population and independent t-tests) and one-way analysis of variances (ANOVA), hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The result of the study revealed among others: institutional variables on the levels of employability skills after their years in various programmes were not significantly low. Based on the findings, it was however recommended among others that; employability skills studies should be embedded in the university curriculum, university authority should make programmes of study more elaborate and rich in content to equip students with skills. Academic programmes in the universities irrespective of the school-age and terms of conditions should also be given basic priorities.

Challenges in perspective of life skills acquisition; implication for placement of life skills in university curriculum

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 189-194
Author(s):  
Wasim Khan ◽  
Salahuddin Khan ◽  
Tasleem Arif ◽  
Sohail R. Khan
Keyword(s):  
Life Skills ◽  
Student Athletes ◽  
Statistical Tests ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Target Population ◽  
Skills Acquisition ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ◽  
Educational Curriculum

Background and Study Aim: The main purpose behind the study was to establish the challenges in relation to the acquisition of life skills among university student-athletes of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The study assessed the extent to which the concern existing resources, facilitators, and trainer attitude influences life skills acquisition among student-athletes. Material and Methods: Descriptive survey research design was followed to obtain desirable results. The target population of this study consisted of all those who participated in different sport at the university level of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Pakistan. Amongst them, we selected a representative sample (n=389 fifty 50% of the total population) with the help of a simple random sampling technique. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version, 24 was used to code and analyse the data. The hypotheses were tested by applying statistical tests like Step-wise regression and independents sample t-test. The significance level of 0.05 was fixed to accept or reject the set hypotheses. Results: Findings of the study indicated that existing resources, facilitators, and trainer/coach attitude significantly influences life skills acquisition among student-athletes (.001, .001 & .000 < .05). The analysed data revealed no significantly difference regarding extent to which specific challenges such as existing resources, facilitators, and trainer attitude influences the acquisition of life skills (.500, .133 & .149 > .05). Conclusions: The findings of the study revealed that all participants have agreed upon the importance of life skills. Therefore, the life skills course might be considered as an integral part of every educational curriculum of Pakistan. It is suggested that a minimum of 2 hours per week may be included in the educational curriculum of each discipline.

Gender Differences in Entrepreneurial Attitude & Intentions among university Students

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 193-200
Author(s):  
Ilham Hassan Fathelrahman Mansour
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
University Students ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Target Population ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intentions ◽  
New Venture ◽  
Venture Creation ◽  
New Business ◽  
Future Data ◽  
The University

This empirical study aims at assessing the attitudes, perception and intention of university students towards entrepreneurship and new venture creation with a focus on gender differences in entrepreneurial perceptions and intentions to start new business in the future. Data were collected using a questionnaire-based survey of 350 students at the University of Khartoum in Sudan. The target population was the students in the final year in the University of Khartoum. The stratified sampling technique was used to select the sample size because the population consisted of a number of subgroups that differed in their characteristics. The results showed significant differences between genders in entrepreneurial intentions and its antecedents. Thus, it is important that customized approaches based on gender are needed for developing entrepreneurial intentions among college students.

scholarly journals A Nurse Training Program for Robotic Skills Acquisition and Career Advancement

Acta Medica ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Ahmet Gudeloglu ◽  
Sijo Parekattil
Keyword(s):  
Training Program ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Surgical Techniques ◽  
Nursing Program ◽  
Nurse Training ◽  
Skills Acquisition ◽  
State College ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Robotic Skills ◽  
Live Surgery

Objective: Robotic surgery presents the state of the art surgical techniques in the era of minimally invasive surgery. A nurse’s role in surgery has been altered with the development of robotics. Our unique program at Polk State College in Florida was a robotic nursing program in which we certified nurses after a great deal of training. In this study our goal was to assess the survey outcomes of this program and to see if there was room for any improvements. Materials and Methods: We have successfully completed 4 three-day courses. During these courses we trained a total of 30 nurses and technicians. This special three-day course involved learning through online modules, didactic education, hands on training, and live surgery. We asked for their response to various questions about the course through an online survey. The trainees were asked to rank the questions about the program. Results: We obtained 20 out of 30 responses from our certified trainees. Seventy-five percent of the certified trainees agree that this robotics nursing program has helped them advance in a career. Overall, 85% of the certified trainees stated that this program was beneficial to them, and 95% agree that they would recommend this robotic nursing program to others. Conclusion: This survey demonstrated a well-designed robotics nurse-training program might help trainees to gain robotic skills. Also, they declared that their certification helped them make some kind of advance in their career.

Holistic experimentation for emergence

2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jay Mitra
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Entrepreneurship Education ◽  
Individual Development ◽  
Entrepreneurship Training ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Business Creation ◽  
New Business ◽  
Competency Based ◽  
Education Platform ◽  
And Training

This article explores the development of a comprehensive and systemic approach to entrepreneurship education at a research-intensive university in the United Kingdom. The exploration is based on two key conceptual challenges: (a) taking entrepreneurship to mean something more than new business creation and (b) differentiating between entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurship training. The author draws on human capital, capabilities and planned behaviour theories together with those of competency-based and experiential learning to make six propositions. The idea is to develop a replicative framework for obtaining insights into the setting of multiple objectives, varied content and a range of pedagogies with which to achieve critical learning outcomes for a set of postgraduate programmes on entrepreneurship in a university context. We distinguish between entrepreneurship education and training but recognize the importance of incorporating both in a curriculum designed to offer a higher education platform for mindset change, critical thinking, problem-solving and individual development capabilities and entrepreneurial value creation in different environments.

scholarly journals Participation of Prison Inmates in Vocational Skills Acquisition Programmesfor Self- Reliance and Sustainable Economic Growth in SokotoState, Nigeria

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 37
Author(s):  
Kulu, HARUNA ABUBAKAR ◽  
Mannir ABBA
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Null Hypothesis ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Prison Inmates ◽  
Skills Acquisition ◽  
Vocational Skills ◽  
Graphic Arts ◽  
Self Reliance ◽  
Level Of Significance ◽  
Sustainable Economic Growth

The study focused on assessing the extent of participation of prison inmates in vocational skills acquisition programmes in SokotoState. The main objective of the study was to assess the extent of participation of prison inmates in vocational skills acquisition programmes for self – reliance and sustainable economic growth in SokotoState. One research question and one null hypothesis guided the study. A survey research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study was 1226 respondents at the time of the study. The sample size of the study was 351 comprising all the 85 prison officials and 266 convicted prisoners of the Sokoto central prison deliberately selected for the study. The instrument used for data collection was self-structured questionnaire tagged “Questionnaire on the participation of prison inmates in vocational skills acquisition programmes (QPPIVSAP). The instrument was subjected to face validation by three experts. The reliability coefficient for the instrument was 0.80. The data collected was analysed using descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviation, while the null hypothesis was tested using t-test at the probability of 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed that VSA programmes for prison inmates were only found available in Sokoto Central Prison and there were prison inmates trainees in the prison. The findings further revealed that the trainees participated in the available VSA programmes to a high extent in the study area. Based on these findings, the study recommended among others that the Nigerian Prisons Service (NPS) should extend the VSA programmes to other convict and satellite’s prisons for inmates’ self – reliance and sustainable economic growth of the state and the country at large. The NPS should introduce more vocational trades that are not available in the prisons. Such as electrical and electronics repairs, graphic arts, shoe making and automobile mechanic skills acquisition programmes while the prison inmates should be encouraged to patronize the programmes for their self-reliance and sustainable economic growth of the society.

Survey of experiential entrepreneurship education offerings among top undergraduate entrepreneurship programs

2016 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 164-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Mandel ◽  
Erik Noyes
Keyword(s):  
Mode Of Delivery ◽  
Entrepreneurship Education ◽  
Target Population ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Program Leaders ◽  
Support Resources ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Faculty Mentors ◽  
Survey Approach ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze experiential entrepreneurship education offerings – programs and courses – among the “Top 25” undergraduate schools of entrepreneurship in the USA. The motivation is to understand the array and vitality of experiential initiatives across the country. A related aim is to unearth obstacles to offering experiential entrepreneurship and identify affordable, viable options. Surveying undergraduate program deans, chairs and administrators, the authors inventory and analyze experiences offered in top entrepreneurship programs. The target audience for the research is entrepreneurship education researchers and business program leaders. Design/methodology/approach – The methodology is a survey approach. A survey was sent to the entrepreneurship program leaders of the “Top 25” business schools according to recently published rankings. In total, 57 percent of the target population responded to the survey. Findings – The authors find that credit-yielding experiential entrepreneurship offerings are abundant. Yet an array of challenges constrain the growth this mode of delivery – including finding suitable faculty, mentors and other support resources. Research limitations/implications – A potential limitation of the study is its focus on “Top 25” undergraduate entrepreneurship programs, as this may not be reflective of activity in the wider sample of entrepreneurship programs. Practical implications – The first inventory of its kind, this study provides vital knowledge about the array of practices by leading programs. The study may be used to drive benchmarking and further innovation by leaders of entrepreneurship programs. Originality/value – To the best knowledge of the authors, this is the most comprehensive, recent study of undergraduate, experiential entrepreneurship education.

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