Published 2023-12-05
Keywords
- Entrepreneurship,
- entrepreneurship education,
- entrepreneurial intentions
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Abstract
The objective of this study is to assess entrepreneurship education among students of Kano State Polytechnic, Kano State, Nigeria. The survey research design was adopted for this study. Both primary and secondary sources of data were used. A non-probability sampling technique was used, followed by a systematic sampling method were all elements are drawn at a specified interval from the list of students. Data collected were analysed using Simple descriptive Analysis, and process through tabulation and interpreted, also statistical techniques such as percentages, averages and tables are applied. The result shows that entrepreneurship education is an important factor which positively and significantly influences entrepreneurial intention. The study concluded that entrepreneurship education improves the students’ entrepreneurial intentions, competencies and desirability to start a new or expanding the existing business after graduation. Based on this, the study recommended that there is need to encourage students to embrace entrepreneurship education or training and the evolvement of national culture of entrepreneurship education which would re-orientate students to make them innovative, creative and inventive thereby changing their mindsets from job-seeking mentality to entrepreneurial innovativeness.