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Title: Perceptions and Attitude towards Entrepreneurship Education Programme, and Employment Ambitions of Final Year Undergraduate Students in Kano, Northern Nigeria
Authors: Lawan, Umar Muhammad
Envuladu, Esther Awazzi
Mohammad, Mohammad Aminu
Wali, Nafisa Yusuf
Mahmoud, Hadiza Magaji
Keywords: Kano-Nigeria
Issue Date: 2015
Publisher: International Journal of Education and Research
Series/Report no.: Vol. 3;No. 11; Pp 229-242
Abstract: This study was to determine the perceptions and attitude of graduating students towards entrepreneurship education, and how these affect their employment ambitions. Using a descriptive cross sectional design, a random sample of 340 final year undergraduates from Bayero University was studied. Data was analyzed using SPSS 16 statistical software. The students’ mean age was 23.5 ±2.2 years. Majority was single (87.1%), male (63.8%), and Hausa/Fulani (84.7%). Majority (85.0%) had good perception about entrepreneurship, although 58.8% opined that the course is inadequate, and should be course specific (72.1%). Up to 84.1% had negative attitude towards entrepreneurship. Only 52.9% aspired to be self reliant after graduation. Having good perception about entrepreneurship (p = 0.0001), negative attitude towards entrepreneurship (p = 0.002) and Hausa/ Fulani ethnicity (p = 0.04) were significant predictors of self employment ambition. Entrepreneurship Education for Nigerian Universities should be repackaged based on specific entrepreneurial areas and with built-in logistic support.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/2023
ISSN: 2411-5681
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